# Berns

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #75,657

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a Dutch and German surname, from the personal name Bern, a variant of Bernd.
* As a Latvian surname, shortened from the personal name Bernards, Bernard.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Broin, see Byrne.
* As an English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Burns.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Barnes.

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