Bernadette

Gender
Female (Feminine | Girl)
Usage/Origins
Pronunciation
BEHR-NA-DEHT(French)
bər-nə-DEHT(English)

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Bernadette Name meanings & History

. French feminine form of Bernard. Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879) was a young woman from Lourdes in France who claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary. She was declared a saint in 1933.

Zodiac Sign of Bernadette: Beauty Taurus,Brains Libra

Synonyms of Bernadette:

B: Brains,Bountiful,Bashful,Beauty

E: Enliven,Expressive,Environment,Exaggerate,Enlighten,Entertain

R: Resourceful,Restless,Reason,Rational

N: Nervous,Nagging,Nitpicking,Nice,Neat,Neurosis,Nutrition

A: Argumentative,Ambitious,Aggressive,Action,Assertive,Angry

D: Daddy,Domestic,Demanding,Dutiful,Determined,Doting

T: Doubting Thomas,Touchy,Truth,Talkative,Testy,Tireless,Tacky

Bernadette is:

  • a Class name
  • a Classic name
  • a Complex name
  • a Formal name
  • a Mature name
  • a Natural name
  • a Refined name
  • a Serious name
  • a Strange name
  • a Strong name
  • a Upper name
  • a Wholesome name

2.) Bernadette (Female)

Usage: French

Meanings: (French) form of Bernadine

Other Forms: Berna, Berneta


3.) BERNADETTE (Female)

Usage: French

Meanings: Feminine diminutive form of Bernard, which is from the Old High German Berinhard, a compound name composed from the elements bern (bear) and hard (hearty, strong, brave). The name is often bestowed in honor of the visionary St. Bernadette (1844-79). Born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, she was a poor peasant girl who had eighteen visions of the Virgin Mary on the bank of the river Gave near Lourdes. Mary communicated with Bernadette and pointed out a forgotten spring of water which soon became a great pilgrimage shrine, where miracle cures were, and still are, sought. Short: Bernette, Nadette. (BARE-NAH-DET)


4.) Bernadette (Female)

Usage: French

Meanings: (French) a form of Bernadine. See also Nadette.

Other Forms: Bera, Beradette, Berna, Bernadet, Bernadeta, Bernadetah, Bernadete, Bernadett, Bernadetta, Bernadettah, Bernadit, Bernadita, Bernaditah, Bernadite, Bernadyta, Bernadytah, Bernadyte, Bernarda, Bernardette, Bernedet, Bernedette, Bernessa, Berneta


5.) BERNADETTE (Female)

Usage: Irish

Meanings: A borrowing from the French, Bernadette is a feminine form of Bernard (strong as a bear), formed by the addition of the diminutive suffix -ette. The name was borne by St. Bernadette of Lourdes (1844-79). See BERNADETTE (French Names). (BER-NAH-DET)