Names

Diminutive of Bernardo.

People with the name Behraam have a deep inner need for quiet, and a desire to understand and analyze the world they live in, and to learn the deeper truths.

French feminine form of Bernard.

People with the name Behn have a deep inner desire for travel and adventure, and want to set their own pace in life without being governed by tradition.

Italian feminine diminutive of Bernardo.

Italian feminine form of Bernard.

Feminine form of Bernard.

Derived from the Germanic element bern “bear” combined with hard “brave, hardy”. The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Beornheard. This was the name of several saints, including Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include the Irish playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and the British World War II field marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976).

Feminine form of Bernard.

French feminine form of Bernard. Saint Bernadette was a young woman from Lourdes in France who claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary.