Name meaning & stats
Bernadette
Bernadette means “brave as a bear” (French origin). 44,611 US babies since 1940, peak 1958.
What it means
“brave as a bear”
FrenchWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1958
44,611 US babies were named Bernadette between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Bernadette (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Bernadette is the main spelling
- Bernadette 99%
- Bernadett <1%
- Bernedette <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1958)