Bernadette

Bernadette [ bur-nuh-det; French ber-na-det ]is a feminine given name. It is the female version of the masculine name Bernard. Bernadette is a name with French roots that has its origins in the Germanic name Bernhard, which translates to "powerful, courageous bear."This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

Celebrities with the name Bernadette include the actress Bernadette Peters.

People named Bernadette

• St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844–1879), Marian visionary of Lourdes
• Bernadette Bowyer (born 1966), Canadian field hockey player
• Bernadette Lafont (1938–2013), French actress
• Bernadette Sembrano (born 1976), Filipino television reporter, newscaster and host
• Bernadette Szőcs (born 1995), Romanian table tennis player
• Bernadette Chirac (born 1933),French politician
• Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
• Bernadette Mayer, American writer
• Bernadette Isaac-Sibille, French politician

Music

• "Bernadette", a 1967 hit recording by the Four Tops
• "Bernadette", a single by IAMX from his 2011 album Volatile Times

References