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The bernhard Surname

bernhard Name Meaning and History

Dutch, German, and Scandinavian: from the Germanic personal name Bernhard, composed of the elements ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, ‘strong’. In the 13th and 14th centuries it vied with Arnold as the most popular personal name in the Netherlands and northern Germany. It was borne by St. Bernard of Menthon (923–1008), founder of Alpine hospices and patron saint of mountaineers, whose cult accounts for the frequency of the name in Alpine regions. See also Bernard.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bernhard name in History

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Distribution of bernhard Families in the US in 1920
Number of bernhard families
 77-151
 26-76		 1-25
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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