Definition of "Bernard"

Bernard

/ˈbɜːnəd/

proper noun
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  Quotations
  A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.
  1992, Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume, published 1994, pages 18–19
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.