MEANING & HISTORY
What does Bernabe mean?
Bernabe continues Spanish Bernabé in the Barnabas family. Acts explains Barnabas as son of encouragement, while linguistic scholarship has also proposed an Aramaic son-of-the-prophet formation.
The reconstructed original is unattested. The biblical explanation and the proposed root analysis should remain distinct rather than pretending both are one exact translation.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Tagalog
- /beɾnaˈbe/
- [bɛɾ.n̪ɐˈbɛ]
- /ˈbeɾnabe/
- [ˌbɛɾ.n̪ɐˈbɛ]
Ber · na · be3 written divisions
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Origin and name formation
Spanish
Dictionary accounts by language
Tagalog
Borrowed from Spanish Bernabé.
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Barnabas
Wiktionary: Bernabe (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Bernabe
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Bernabe Concepcion
Filipino boxer
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Bernabe Villacampo
boxer
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
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Names in this collection
- Bernabé♂Spanish Barnabas, biblically son of encouragement
- Barnabe♂Recorded Barnabas-family form
- Bernard♂Brave bear
- Bernie♂Familiar form of Bernard, Bernadette, or Bernice
- Benben♂Repeated Ben; familiar form of Benjamin or Benedict
- Benjie♂Familiar form of Benjamin
- Bennie♂Familiar form of Benjamin or Benedict
- Bernarda♂Bear and strength; feminine Bernard-family form
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 8 elected-candidate records ·
BERNABE
· CSV row 1,986 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 2 person records with this given name · Q16275029 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q16275029 — Bernabe (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Bernabe Concepcion (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Bernabe Villacampo (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Bernabe (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Bernabé (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Barnabas (opens in a new tab)