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Bearnas (female)

Variants:Berenice (F) Bernardette (F) Bernice (F)
Masculine form:Bearnard (M) Bernard (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. Scottish Gaelic form of Berenice/Bernice, from Greek "bringer of victory". 

2. Also the Gaelic feminine form of Bearnard/Bernard, from Old German "stern/brave/noble bear".
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