Bernadette en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌbɜɹ.nəˈdɛt/ (General-American)
- /ˌbɜː.nəˈdɛt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From French Bernadette, made famous by St. Bernadette of Lourdes.
Meanings
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A female given name from French.
As they walked farther along the concourse, Bernadette said, "You call me Bernadette. Aunt won't be necessary. And I don't like Bernie. Or Aunt Bernie or Auntie. For a while, when I was twelve, I wanted everyone to call me Detta. No reason except that I was twelve and trying to fit whatever name sounded more glamorous than Bernadette. I like to be called Bernadette. I've become my name."
1995, E. L. Konigsburg, T-Backs, T-Shirts, Coat, and Suit, Simon & Schuster, published 2008, →ISBN, page 13:Bernadette Woolley was aware that her name was professionally inappropriate. She tended to get a lot of jokes about it. There had even been recommendations that she change it. The pious connotations put men off, it was averred. Non-Catholics recognised her allegiance at once because of the label, and scorned her for it; while co-religionists, reminded inappropriately of the Virgin apparition at Lourdes, blushed, or sniggered, or asked for another girl.
1983, A. N. Wilson, Scandal: or Priscilla's Kindness, Penguin, published 1985, →ISBN, page 1:
Deriveds
Translations (6)
pl Bernadeta (female given name) · pt Bernadete (female given name) · pt Bernardete (female given name) · it Bernadetta (female given name) · fr Bernadette (female given name) · de Bernadette (female given name)