Bernadette
| Gender | female | 
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French, West Germanic | 
| Region of origin | medieval Europe | 
| Other names | |
| Related names | Bernadetta, Bernie, Barnard, Bernardas, Bearnárd, Bernardo, Beñat, Bernhard, Bernhardt, Bernd, Berend | 
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Bernadette is a French name, a female form of the name Bernard, which means "brave bear". Notable persons with the name include:
People
[edit]- Bernadette (singer) (born 1959), Dutch singer
 - Bernadette Allen (born 1956), American foreign service officer and ambassador
 - Bernadette Banner (born 1994/1995), American-English dress historian and YouTuber
 - Bernadette Beauvais (born 1949), French politician
 - Bernadette Beck (born 1994), English actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist and stunt woman
 - Bernadette Bowyer (born 1966), Canadian field hockey player
 - Bernadette Carroll (1944–2018), American singer, member of the Angels in the 1960s
 - Bernadette Castro (born 1944), American businesswoman
 - Bernadette Cattanéo (1899–1963), French trade unionist and militant communist
 - Bernadette Caulfield, American television producer
 - Bernadette Charleux, French polymer chemist
 - Bernadette Chirac (born 1933), French politician, wife of former French President Jacques Chirac
 - Bernadette Clement, Canadian politician
 - Bernadette Collins, British strategy engineer from Northern Ireland
 - Bernadette Cooper, American singer
 - Bernadette Coston (born 1989), South African field hockey player
 - Bernadette Després (1941–2024), French illustrator and comic book artist
 - Bernadette Drummond, New Zealand professor of dentistry
 - Bernadette Dupont (born 1936), French politician
 - Bernadette Eberlein (born 1964), German dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher
 - Bernadette Farrell (born 1957), British hymnographer and composer
 - Bernadette Graf (born 1992), Austrian judoka
 - Bernadette Hall (born 1948), New Zealand playwright and poet
 - Bernadette Kelly (born 1964), British civil servant
 - Bernadette Lafont (1938–2013), French actress
 - Bernadette Luciano, New Zealand language and culture academic
 - Bernadette Mayer (1945–2022), American poet, writer, and visual artist
 - Bernadette McDonald (born 1951), Canadian author
 - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 1947), Irish political activist
 - Bernadette Meehan (born 1975), American diplomat and nonprofit organization executive
 - Bernadette Menu (1938–2023), French Egyptologist
 - Bernadette Meyler, American law academic
 - Bernadette Moriau, French nun whose recovery from a spinal problem was declared a miracle
 - Bernadette Nolan (1960–2013), Irish singer and actress
 - Bernadette O'Farrell (1924–1999), Irish actress
 - Bernadette Pajer, American author
 - Bernadette Peters (born 1948), American actress and singer
 - Bernadette Quigley (born 1960), American actress
 - Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (born 1971), Filipino government official
 - Bernadette Roberts (1931–2017), American nun
 - Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952), Burkinabé author and politician
 - Bernadette Sands McKevitt (born 1958), Irish politician
 - Bernadette Sanchez (born 1953), American politician
 - Bernadette Schild (born 1990), Austrian ski racer
 - Bernadette Seacrest, American vocalist
 - Bernadette Sembrano (born 1976), Filipino television reporter, newscaster, and host
 - Bernadette Smith, Canadian politician
 - Bernadette Strachan (born 1962), English author
 - Bernadette Soubirous (1844–1879), also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, French Marian visionary
 - Bernadette Speach (born 1948), American composer and pianist
 - Bernadette Stanislaus (born 1954), American actress and writer known as Bernadette Stanis and Bern Nadette Stanis
 - Bernadette Szőcs (born 1995), Romanian table tennis player
 - Bernadette Van Roy (born 1948), Belgian middle-distance runner
 
Film
[edit]- Bernadette (film), 2023 biography-comedy with Catherine Deneuve as the wife of French President Chirac
 
Fictional characters
[edit]- Bernadette Fox, the titular character in the novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette and its film adaptation
 - Bernadette Harvey, in The Magdalene Sisters
 - Bernadette McGloughlin, one of the titular characters from the Irish film The Commitments
 - Bernadette Rostenkowski, on the American television series The Big Bang Theory
 - Bernadette Taylor, in the British television series EastEnders
 - Bernadette, in the animated television series Bob and Margaret
 - Bernadette Thompson, in the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 
Music
[edit]- "Bernadette", a single by The Four Tops from the album Reach Out (1967)
 - "Bernadette", a single by IAMX from the album Volatile Times (2011)