Bernadette is a French name, a female form of the name

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...

, which means "brave bear". Notable persons with the name include:

People

Bernadette (singer) Bernadette (born Bernadette Kraakman on 1 March 1959) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Bernadette was not a well-known name when she took part with two songs in the 1983 Dutch Eurovision s ...

(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 Bernadette Beauvais (born 18 June 1949) is a French politician who was Member of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency for a month in 2021. A month after replacing Jean-François Parigi Jean-François Parigi (born 25 January 196 ...

(born 1949), French politician *

Bernadette Bowyer Bernadette Maria Bowyer (born January 23, 1966 in Brampton, Ontario) is a former field hockey player from Canada. Bowyer represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the co ...

(born 1966), Canadian field hockey player *

Bernadette Carroll The Angels were an American girl group that originated from New Jersey, best known for their 1963 No. 1 hit single " My Boyfriend's Back". History The group originated in New Jersey as the Starlets which consisted of sisters Barbara "Bibs" ...

(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 Bernadette Caulfield is an American television producer. She worked on the supernatural drama series ''The X-Files'' and the HBO drama series ''Big Love'' and '' Game of Thrones''. She was nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding drama serie ...

, American television producer *

Bernadette Charleux Bernadette Charleux is a French polymer chemist. She is a member of the Academia Europaea and a senior member of the Institut universitaire de France since 2009. Since 2012, she is the Deputy Vice-president of Research and Development at Saint-Gob ...

, French polymer chemist *

Bernadette Clement Bernadette Clement (born May 17, 1965) is a Canadian politician, who was appointed to the Canadian Senate as an independent Senator on June 22, 2021. She was previously mayor of Cornwall, Ontario, having been elected in the 2018 Ontario municipal ...

, Canadian politician *

Bernadette Collins Bernadette Collins is a strategy engineer from Northern Ireland, who most recently worked for the Aston Martin Formula One team. She began her career as a trainee with McLaren after graduating from Queen's University Belfast in 2009. Three ...

, British strategy engineer from Northern Ireland * Bernadette Cooper, American singer *

Bernadette Coston Bernadette Coston (born 17 August 1989, Johannesburg) is a South African field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the South Africa women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. She was also part of the ...

(born 1989), South African field hockey player *

Bernadette Chirac Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac ( Chodron de Courcel; born 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac. She and Chirac met as students at Sciences Po, and were married on 16 March 1956. They had thr ...

(born 1933), French politician, wife of former French President Jacques Chirac *

Bernadette Eberlain Bernadette Eberlein is a dermatologist, allergologist, academic, and researcher. She is the Senior Physician of the private outpatient clinic, the Photodermatology unit, the unit for Soft X-Ray Therapy at Technical University of Munich. Eberlei ...

, German dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher. *

Bernadette Després Bernadette Després (born March 28, 1941) is a French illustrator and comic book artist. She was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole de l' Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs there. She began working as an illustrator at Bayard Presse, where ...

(born 1941), French illustrator and comic book artist *

Bernadette Dupont Bernadette Dupont (born 6 December 1936) is a French politician and a former member of the Senate of France. She represented the Yvelines department from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Mov ...

(born 1936), French politician *

Bernadette Graf Bernadette Graf (born 25 June 1992) is an Austrian judoka. Graf represented Austria at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 Augus ...

(born 1992), Austrian judoka *

Bernadette Hall Bernadette Hall (born 1945) is a New Zealand playwright and poet. Biography Hall was born in 1945 in Alexandra, New Zealand. She was raised in what she describes as "a small-city Catholic community that was proud, theatrical and pretty much e ...

(born 1948), New Zealand playwright and poet *

Bernadette Farrell Bernadette Farrell (born 26 March 1957) is a British hymnographer and composer of Catholic liturgical music. Among her compositions are "Christ, Be Our Light,” "Restless Is The Heart," "God, Beyond All Names" and "O God, You Search Me." Biogra ...

(born 1957), British hymnographer and composer *

Bernadette Kelly Dame Bernadette Mary Kelly (born 10 March 1964) is a British senior civil servant who has served as permanent secretary for the Department for Transport since 18 April 2017. Early life Kelly was born on 10 March 1964 to Edward and Teresa Kelly ...

(born 1964), British civil servant * Bernadette Lafont (1938–2013), French actress * Bernadette Luciano, New Zealand language and culture academic *

Bernadette Mayer Bernadette Mayer (May 12, 1945 – November 22, 2022) was an American poet, writer, and visual artist associated with both the Language poets and the New York School. Early life and education Bernadette Mayer was born in a predominantly Ge ...

(1945–2022), American poet, writer, and visual artist * Bernadette McDonald (born 1951), Canadian author *

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Josephine Bernadette McAliskey (née Devlin; born 23 April 1947), usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish civil rights leader, and former politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster in Nort ...

(born 1947), Irish political activist * Bernadette Meehan (born 1975), American diplomat and nonprofit organization executive *

Bernadette Menu Bernadette Menu (born 1942) is a French archaeologist and Egyptologist, whose research work on ancient Egypt is widely known. She is mother of the writer Jean-Christophe Menu. Career Bernadette Menu is Honorary Director of Research at the ...

(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 Bernadette O'Farrell (30 January 1924 – 26 September 1999) was an Irish actress. She was born in Birr, County Offaly, Irish Free State. She was married to the film writer, director and producer Frank Launder from 1950 until his death in 1997 ...

(1924–1999), Irish actress * Bernadette Pajer, American author *

Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters ( ''née'' Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo co ...

(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 Bernadette Schild (born 2 January 1990) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Zell am See, Salzburg, Schild specialised in slalom and made her World Cup debut in March 2008 at Bormio. She attained her first World Cup p ...

(born 1990), Austrian ski racer *

Bernadette Seacrest Bernadette Seacrest is an American vocalist born in San Francisco, California. Career In 2001 Seacrest began singing for The Long Goners, a Rockabilly band originating in Albuquerque, New Mexico that shared the stage with Hank Williams III, Bi ...

, American vocalist *

Bernadette Sembrano Bernadette Lorraine Palisada Dominguez Sembrano-Aguinaldo (; born February 18, 1976) is a Filipino reporter, newscaster, television host, and musician. Career Newscasting career Sembrano started with IBC as a newscaster in 1997 before mo ...

(born 1976), Filipino television reporter, newscaster, and host * Bernadette Smith, Canadian politician * Bernadette Strachan (born 1962), English author *

Bernadette Soubirous Bernadette Soubirous (; ; oc, Bernadeta Sobirós ; 7 January 184416 April 1879), also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (''Lorda'' in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in ...

(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 Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs ( hu, Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia; born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania who is currently at a career World Table Tennis (ITTF) high ranking of No. 11. Career In September 2011, she trave ...

(born 1995), Romanian table tennis player *

Bernadette Van Roy Bernadette Van Roy (born 10 September 1948) is a Belgian middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and ...

(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 The American television sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'', created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007, while the American comedy spin-off prequel television series ''Young Sheldon'', cre ...

, on the American television series ''The Big Bang Theory'' *

Bernadette Taylor The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Sean O'Connor or, from 27 November, his succ ...

, in the British television series ''EastEnders'' * Bernadette, in the animated television series ''

Bob and Margaret ''Bob and Margaret'' is an adult animated television series created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and produced by Nelvana. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film '' Bob's Birthday'', featuring the same main characters, w ...

'' * Bernadette Thompson, in the 2014 film ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers (named after It ...

Animals

* Bernadette (tiger)

People

Fictional characters

Animals

See also