Bernadine

Where Bernadine comes from

Variant of Bernardine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bernadine
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #813 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1931
    Peak, #264
    544 babies named Bernadine — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1944
    Bernadine Healy born
    US cardiologist
  4. 1951
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #510.
  5. 1993
    Bernadine Bezuidenhout born
    cricketer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Bernadine Healy · US cardiologist, 1944–2011
  • Bernadine Bezuidenhout · cricketer, born 1993
  • Bernadine Craft · American politician
  • Bernadine Kennedy Kent · politician
  • Bernadine Anindiya Wardana · Indonesian badminton player, born 2006

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.