# Bernards

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #90,198

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bernards, patronymic from the name Bernard. This name is also found in Latvia, of the same sense.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bernards