Berny is a given name, usually a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

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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'' "brav ...

. It may refer to: * Bernardina Berny Boxem-Lenferink (born 1948), Dutch retired middle-distance runner * Berny Burke (born 1996), Costa Rican footballer * Bernabé Berny Peña (born 1980), Costa Rican footballer * Bernard Stone (1927–2014), American politician *

Berny Ulloa Morera Berny Ulloa Morera (born August 5, 1950) is a retired football referee from Costa Rica. He officiated the match between Argentina and Bulgaria at the 1986 World Cup. He was a linesman in the famous game between England and Argentina in 1986 in ...

(born 1950), retired football referee from Costa Rica * Berny Wiens (born 1945), Canadian politician * Bernard Wolf (1911–2006), American animator and television producer * Berny Wright (born 1979), Costa Rican footballer * Berny-Ignatius, famous music composer-duo-brothers in the Malayalam film industry

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