Bernhard

Where Bernhard comes from

Bernhard hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1826
    Bernhard Riemann born
    German mathematician
  2. 1849
    Bernhard von Bülow born
    German and Prussian politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1887
    Peak, #583
    10 babies named Bernhard — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Bernhard Riemann · German mathematician, 1826–1866
  • Bernhard von Bülow · German and Prussian politician, 1849–1929
  • Bernhard Schlink · German writer, born 1944
  • Bernhard Cullmann · German footballer, born 1949
  • Bernhard Rust · German Holocaust perpetrator, 1883–1945

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.