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Baby Name Bernadette |
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| Meaning of Bernadette - What does the name Bernadette means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| bare-nah-det |  |
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Girl Name |
| Origin: |
French |
| Name Meaning: |
Feminine diminutive form of Bernard, which is from the Old High German Berinhard, a compound name composed from the elements bern (bear), and hard (hearty, strong, brave). The name is often bestowed in honor of the visionary St. Bernadette (1844-79). Born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, she was a poor peasant girl who had eighteen visions of the Virgin Mary on the bank of the river Gave near Lourdes. Mary communicated with Bernadette and pointed out a forgotten spring of water which soon became a great pilgrimage shrine, where miracle cures were, and still are, sought |
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View this name in other origins -
French, Irish |
| Shortened forms: | Bernette, Nadette |
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