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
Bernadette through the years
  1. 1844
    Bernadette Soubirous born
    French saint
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls, with 8 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1946
    Peak, #188
    1,321 babies named Bernadette, its best rank.
  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.