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

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''be ...

, 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 Beck (born 1994), English actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist and stunt woman *

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 The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of ...

(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 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 series f ...

, 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-G ...

, French polymer chemist *

Bernadette Chirac Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac (; née 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 ...

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

Bernadette Clement Bernadette Clement (born May 17, 1965) is a Canadian politician, who was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau on June 22, 2021. She was previously mayor of Cornwall, Ontario, having been elected in the 2018 ...

, Canadian politician *

Bernadette Collins Bernadette "Bernie" Collins is a Formula One (F1) strategy analyst for Sky Sports and F1TV and former F1 strategy engineer for the Aston Martin F1 team. Born in Northern Ireland, she began her career as a trainee with McLaren after graduat ...

, British strategy engineer from Northern Ireland *

Bernadette Cooper Klymaxx is an American all-female pop/ R&B band from Los Angeles, California. The band's classic lineup consisted of Bernadette Cooper, Lorena Porter Shelby, Cheryl Cooley, Robbin Grider, Lynn Malsby, and Joyce "Fenderella" Irby. Klymaxx is bes ...

, American singer *

Bernadette Coston Bernadette Coston (born 17 August 1989, Johannesburg) is a South African field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an internat ...

(born 1989), South African field hockey player *

Bernadette Després Bernadette Després (28 March 1941 – 19 November 2024) was a French illustrator and comic book artist. Life and career Després was born in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 ...

(1941–2024), French illustrator and comic book artist *

Bernadette Drummond Bernadette Kathleen Drummond is a New Zealand dental academic, and was the first woman full professor in dentistry at the University of Otago. She is a specialist pediatric dentist, and past president of both the Royal Australasian College of ...

, New Zealand professor of dentistry *

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 Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 20 ...

(born 1936), French politician * Bernadette Eberlein (born 1964), German dermatologist, allergologist, and researcher * Bernadette Farrell (born 1957), British hymnographer and composer * Bernadette Graf (born 1992), Austrian judoka * Bernadette Hall (born 1948), New Zealand playwright and poet * 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 Bernadette Quigley is an American television, film, stage and voice-over actress. She is known for her recurring role of the Chaplain in ''Mr. Robot'' (Season 2) and numerous guest-star appearances on shows such as ''The Blacklist (TV series), T ...

(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 Bernadette Soubirous, Sisters of Charity of Nevers, SCN (; ; ; 7 January 184416 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes (religious name, in religion Sister Marie-Bernarde), was a miller's daughter from Lourdes ( in Occitan), in the Dep ...

(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

Film

* ''Bernadette'' (film), 2023 biography-comedy with Catherine Deneuve as the wife of French President Chirac

Fictional characters

*Bernadette Fox, the titular character in the novel '' Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' and its film adaptation *Bernadette Harvey, in ''The Magdalene Sisters'' *Bernadette McGloughlin, one of the titular characters from the Irish film '' The Commitments'' * Bernadette Rostenkowski, on the American television series ''

The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019, running for 12 seasons and 279 episodes. The show originally centered on five charact ...

'' * 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 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...

Music

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from the album '' Reach Out'' (1967) * "Bernadette", a single by IAMX from the album '' Volatile Times'' (2011)

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