Origin and popularity of the name BERNAT

Origin

Bernat : 1: Catalan and French (Occitan): from the personal name Bernat a variant of Bernard.2: Hungarian (Bernát): from the personal name Bernát Hungarian form of Bernard.3: Polish Czech Croatian and Slovenian; Slovak (Bernát): from the personal name Bernat Slovak Bernát an old byform of Bernard. As a Croatian Slovenian and Slovak name it is in part of Hungarian origin (see 2 above).

Benke : 1: German: shortened form of Beneke.2: Germanized form of Sorbian B'enk B'enka and B'enko: from a pet form of the personal name Benedikt (see Benedict) Bernat (see Bernard) or Old Sorbian Benisław.3: Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Benedek (see Benedict).

Bera : 1: Indian (West Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Kayastha name of unexplained etymology.2: Catalan (Berà): habitational name from a place called Berà in Tarragona probably named with the medieval personal name Bera(ne) of Visigothic origin.3: Polish: from a pet form of the personal name Bernard.4: Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal names Bertalan and Bernát Hungarian forms of Bartholomew and Bernard respectively.5: Italian: from the personal name Bera a short form of an ancient Germanic name formed with ber(n) ‘bear’ e.g. Bernhard.

Berka : 1: German: habitational name from any of several places called Berka named with ancient Germanic birka ‘birch tree’ notably in Hesse and Thuringia.2: Czech Slovak and Polish: from a pet form of the personal name Bernard.3: Czech: nickname from berka ‘robber’.4: Sorbian (Běrka): occupational name for a collector of taxes a variant of Běrk (see Berk). It is found mainly in Germanized forms such as Birke.5: Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal names Bertalan and Bernát Hungarian forms of Bartholomew and Bernard respectively.

Berkes : 1: North German: topographic name for someone who lived on a hill shortened from Berg-hūs (Berg ‘mountain hill’ + Low German hūs ‘house’). It is a variant of Berkus or Berges.2: Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal names Bernát or Bertalan Hungarian forms of Bernard and Bartholomew respectively.3: English: variant of Birks.

Bernath : Hungarian (Bernáth): variant of Bernát (see Bernat).

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