Bern
[bɛrn]Meaning
Alemannic German Bärn, the de facto capital of Switzerland
Background Story
Bern comes from Alemannic German Bärn, of uncertain further origin. A folk etymology holds that Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, named it after the first animal he saw in the area, a bear. The name is now thought to be connected to the Proto-Celtic *berna, "cleft", and *branos, "raven". The French form of the name is Berne.
Related Names
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Korean family name, also spelled Paek, Paik or Back; the word means the colour white
Banx
Recorded as a modern american english given name for boys
Bara
Croatian short form of Barbara; also Arabic "innocence" and Old Norse "wave"
Baru
Recorded as a masculine given name in Judeo-French
Bary
Derived from a Slavic name meaning 'to protect' or 'to bear'.
Baum
German surname meaning "tree"
Bautz
A German surname
Bear
English word for the animal, from Old English bera, probably "brown"
Berk
A surname of English origin.