Bernie (given name)

Bernie

Pronunciation	Bɜːr-niː
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	1. West Germanic 2. French 3. English
Word/name	Diminutive form of Bernard and Bernadette
Region of origin	Western Europe
Other names
Variant form(s)	Berney Berny Berni
Related names	Bernard, Bernardo, Bernardas, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernadetta, Bernadotte, Bernhard, Bernhardt, Bernd, Bernt, Bernardino, Bernardina, Bernardine, Bernardin, Bernadine

Bernie is a given name, most often a shortened form of Bernard and Bernadette.

Notable people with the given name include:

People

• Bernie Agrons (1922–2015), American politician
• Bernie Allen (born 1939), American baseball player
• Bernie Anderson Jr., silent film music composer
• Bernie Babcock (1868–1962), real name Julia Burnelle Smade Babcock, American author
• Bernie Barrantes, Filipino drag performer
• Bernie Bickerstaff (born 1944), American former National Basketball Association head coach
• Bernie Collins (born 1986 or 1987), British strategy engineer from Northern Ireland
• Bernie Carbo (born 1947), American baseball player
• Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American actor, poet, and professional football player
• Bernie de Le Cuona, British entrepreneur
• Bernie Dieter (born 1986), German cabaret artist
• Bernie Dwyer (1943–2013), Irish journalist, filmmaker and political activist
• Bernie Ebbers (1941–2020), Canadian businessman, founder and former chief executive officer of WorldCom
• Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930), British sports entrepreneur
• Bernie Erickson (born 1944), American football player
• Bernie Fedderly, Canadian drag racing crew chief
• Bernie Federko (born 1956), Canadian hockey player
• Bernie Geoffrion (1931–2006), Canadian National Hockey League Hall-of-Fame player and coach
• Bernie Goetz (born 1947), American vigilante
• Bernie Jaye, British comics creator and editor
• Bernie Kopell (born 1933), American actor
• Bernie Kosar (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
• Bernie Lim (born 1994), American physician and community organiser
• Bernie Leahy (1908–1978), American football player
• Bernie Lewis (born 1945), Welsh former footballer
• Bernie Malone (born 1948), Irish politician
• Bernie Mac (1957–2008), American comedian, actor, and voice actor
• Bernie Madoff (1938–2021), American convicted scammer and businessman
• Bernie Mangiboyat, American musician and founder of the band The Fifth
• Bernie Murphy (1923–?), Irish hurler
• Bernie Murray (born 1985), is a Northern Irish sportswoman
• Bernie Nolan (1960–2013), Irish actress and singer
• Bernie Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player
• Bernie O'Neill (bowls), is a Northern Irish international laws bowler
• Bernie O'Rourke, Irish linguist
• Bernie Palmer (1893–1989), Canadian photographer
• Bernie Parent (1945–2025), Canadian National Hockey League goaltender
• Bernie Portenski (1949—2017), New Zealand long-distance runner
• Bernie Perryman (born 1959), American politician
• Bernie Quinlan (born 1951), Australian footballer
• Bernie Ripoll (born 1966), Australian politician
• Bernie Haynes Robynson (1900–2001), American printmaker, illustrator
• Bernie Roth (1907—2004), American curler
• Bernie Sanders (born 1941), American senator and presidential candidate
• Bernie Sherlock, Musical artist
• Bernie Szőcs (born 1995), Romanian table tennis player
• Bernie Taupin (born 1950), longtime lyricist for Elton John
• Bernie Tiede (born 1958), American mortician and convicted murderer
• Bernie Wagenblast (born 1956), American journalist and voice-over artist
• Bernie Williams (born 1968), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player
• Bernie Willock, Canadian cyclist and businessman
• Bernie Wijesekara (1930–2014), Sri Lankan Sinhala sports journalist
• Bernie Wolfe (hockey) (born 1951), Canadian NHL hockey player
• Bernie Worrell (1944–2016), American keyboardist and composer

Fictional characters

• Bernie (Doonesbury), a comic strip character
• Bernie, a Beanie Baby St. Bernard produced by Ty, Inc.
• Bernie Abrahms, on the soap opera General Hospital
• Bernie Barges, one of the main protagonists of the animated TV series Watch My Chops
• Bernie Crane, supporting character in GTA IV
• Bernie Kropp, a minor character in the 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles
• Bernie Lumen, a supporting character in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental
• Bernie McGloughlin, one of the titular characters in the Irish film The Commitments
• Bernie Steinberg, one of the main characters of the 1972–1973 television series Bridget Loves Bernie
• Bernie White, a character in the 2016–2017 Millarworld comic book series Reborn
• Bernadette Taylor, a character from a TV soap opera, EastEnders

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Bernie
• All pages with titles containing Bernie