Bernadette

Where Bernadette comes from

From French Bernadette, made famous by St. Bernadette of Lourdes.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bernadette
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1844
    Bernadette Soubirous born
    French saint
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1946
    Peak, #188
    1,321 babies named Bernadette — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1948
    Bernadette Peters born
    American actress and singer
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #349.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Bernadette Soubirous · French saint, 1844–1879
  • Bernadette Peters · American actress and singer, born 1948
  • Bernadette Lafont · French actress, 1938–2013
  • Bernadette Meehan · Wikimedia CEO and American diplomat, born 1975
  • Bernadette Chirac · French politician, 1933–2026

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.