Bernadette is a French language, 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 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 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 (born 1945), 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 (born 1942), 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 (2014 film), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''

Animals

* Bernadette (tiger)

People

Fictional characters

Animals

See also