Bernadette

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

Bernadette is a French name, a female form of the name Bernard, which means "brave bear". Notable persons with the name include:

People

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 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 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 Chirac (born 1933), French politician, wife of former French President Jacques Chirac
Bernadette Eberlain, German dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher.
Bernadette Després (born 1941), French illustrator and comic book artist
Bernadette Dupont (born 1936), French politician
Bernadette Graf (born 1992), Austrian judoka
Bernadette Hall (born 1948), New Zealand playwright and poet
Bernadette Farrell (born 1957), British hymnographer and composer
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

Fictional characters

Bernadette Fox, the titular character in the novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette and its film adaptation
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

Animals

Bernadette (tiger)

People

Fictional characters

Animals

See also