I'm not sure about your first question, but I can give you a yes to the second. I had a gr-gfr., Bernard, who was called "Barney", and a friend, Bernadette, called "Bernie". Fran Weeks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Bernard english version of Irish Bryan? > Hi Listers - Just curious -- Is "Bernie" a nickname for Bernard? If so, > is > it also found as a nickname for Bernadette, etc? Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:57 AM > Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Bernard english version of Irish Bryan? > > >>> Previously I was looking for Irish variations of Bernard, when maybe I >>> should have been looking for Irish names that would have been changed to >>> Bernard in the new world so as to make a name that was not "too Irish". >>> >> >> >> Acording to the book, Irish First Names by Ronan Coghlan >> >> Bernard (Bearnard), male, Germanic, 'bear stern'. Bernard is used in >> Ireland to anglicise Brian and Beircheart (the latter is itself >> originally >> Anglo-Saxon). It persistes to this day, but is growing less popular. >> >> > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In my family my great-grandfather's name was written in the church records with both names Bernard and Brian his father before him was name Brian but the name past in the family was Bernard, so confusing!! Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Weeks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Bernard english version of Irish Bryan? > I'm not sure about your first question, but I can give you a yes to the > second. I had a gr-gfr., Bernard, who was called "Barney", and a friend, > Bernadette, called "Bernie". > Fran Weeks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:43 PM > Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Bernard english version of Irish Bryan? > > >> Hi Listers - Just curious -- Is "Bernie" a nickname for Bernard? If so, >> is >> it also found as a nickname for Bernadette, etc? Jean >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:57 AM >> Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Bernard english version of Irish Bryan? >> >> >>>> Previously I was looking for Irish variations of Bernard, when maybe I >>>> should have been looking for Irish names that would have been changed >>>> to >>>> Bernard in the new world so as to make a name that was not "too Irish". >>>> >>> >>> >>> Acording to the book, Irish First Names by Ronan Coghlan >>> >>> Bernard (Bearnard), male, Germanic, 'bear stern'. Bernard is used in >>> Ireland to anglicise Brian and Beircheart (the latter is itself >>> originally >>> Anglo-Saxon). It persistes to this day, but is growing less popular. >>> >>> >> >> >> ====Irish American Mailing List===== >> Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname >> Registry >> at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message