MEANING & HISTORY
What does Bernardita mean?
Bernardita is a Spanish feminine form of Bernard. The Germanic base combines bear with hard, firm, or brave. The final feminine formation adapts the inherited personal name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
The cited sources trace Bernardita through Spanish.
Wiktionary records Bernardita as a personal name in Cebuano.
Dictionary accounts by language
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Bernardita
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Bernardita Catalla
Filipino ambassador (1958-2020)
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Bernardita
Explore names with a similar opening or ending.
- Bernardina♀Bear and strength; feminine form of Bernard
- Bernardito♂Affectionate diminutive of Bernardo
- Bernarda♀Bear and strength; feminine Bernard-family form
- Bernardino♂Diminutive of Bernardo, in the bear-and-brave family
- Bernard♂Brave bear
- Bernardo♂Bear and brave; form of Bernard
- Benita♀Blessed; feminine form of Benito
- Bernadette♀French feminine of Bernard: bear and brave
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 2 elected-candidate records · ODbL 1.0
- Wikidata
- 1 person record with this given name · Q27529205 · 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 Q27529205 — Bernardita (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Bernardita Catalla (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Bernardita (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Bernardita (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Bernard (opens in a new tab)