Feminine form of Greek
Arkadios,
meaning "of Arcadia." The
place name
Arcadia was derived from the word arktos, meaning
"bear."
Greek name meaning "of Arcadia." The place
name
Arcadia was derived from the word arktos,
meaning "bear."
The name,
*Arthur, may have derived from Latin Artorius, a
Roman family name, or from Welsh art/arth
bear and Brythonic (Brittonic) gur
man (
bear-man). In early Welsh works the word art was used as a figurative synonym for
warrior Alternatively, there is another theory that the name (ar thur) was a nom de guerre translating to
the Eagle of Thor, used in reference to British war leaders by Scandinavian enemies.
Divine bear Old Norse name composed of the elements áss
god, divinity and björn
bear
Swedish form of Old Norse Ásbjörn, meaning "divine
bear."
Norwegian
form of Swedish
Asbjörn, meaning "divine
bear."
French name of Germanic origin. Possibly from adal
elf and ber(n)
bear, thus
elf bear
Native American
Cheyenne name meaning
lean
bear
English nickname for both
Barnabas son of exhortation and
Bernard bold as a bear
Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of English
Bernard, meaning
bold as a bear
Basque form of
Bernard, meaning
bold as a bear
Bee-wolf, thus
bear Name of an Old English epic poem that tells of a Germanic hero named Beowulf who travels to Denmark to help defeat a monster named Grendel. The name is composed of the Old English elements beo
bee and wulf
wolf
Hebrew name derived from the Yiddish word ber, meaning
bear It is often paired with
Dov--for example, Ber
Dov,
Dovber--which also means
bear in Hebrew and has been borne by many rabbis and Zionists.
English abbreviated form of
Bernardine, meaning
bold as a bear
Portuguese and Spanish form of Old
German Beringar,
meaning "bear-spear."
Abbreviated form of English
Berengaria,
meaning
bear-spear
Feminine form of Spanish
Berengár,
meaning "bear-spear."
"Bear-spear." Old
German name composed of the elements berin
"bear" and ger "spear."
Hungarian form of
Bernadette,
meaning "bold as a bear."
French feminine diminutive form of
Bernard,
meaning
bold as a bear
Feminine form of English/French
Bernard, meaning
bold as a bear
Italian feminine form of
Bernardo,
meaning "bold as a bear."
Variant of French
Bernadette, meaning
bold as a bear
Variant of English/French
Bernadine, meaning
bold as a bear
Pet form of Italian/Spanish
Bernardo, meaning
"bold as a bear."
Spanish feminine form of
Bernardo,
meaning "bold as a bear."
Spanish form of
Bernard, meaning
"bold as a bear."
Hungarian form of German
Bernhard,
meaning "bold as a bear."
"Bold as a bear."
German name composed of the elements ber/bern
"bear" and hard "brave, hardy, strong."
English nickname for
Bernard, meaning
bold as a bear
Scandinavian form of
Bernard,
meaning "bold as a bear."
Variant of Scandinavian Björn, meaning
"bear."
Variant of Scandinavian Björn,
meaning "bear."
Scandinavian name derived from an Old Norse word bjorn,
meaning "bear."
Swedish form of Scandinavian Björn, meaning
"bear."
Albanian name meaning
he
loves
Variant of English
Edon, meaning
rich
bear cub
Swedish form of Old Norse
Ásbjörn,
meaning "divine bear."
Variant of Norwegian
Asbjørn,
meaning "divine bear."
Spear-bear Dutch name composed of the Germanic elements ger
spear and bern
bear
"Rock-bear." Icelandic and Norwegian name composed
of the Old Norse elements hallr "rock" and björn
"bear."
Variant of Irish
Mathúin, meaning
bear
Irish/Gaelic name meaning
bear
Inuit myth name of the master of bears, meaning "polar bear" in
Inuktitut.
Variant of Inuit
Nanook, meaning
polar
bear
Native American Choctaw name meaning
bear
Feminine form of Italian
Orsino,
meaning "bear-like."
Italian form of Latin
Ursula,
meaning "little she-bear."
Hungarian form of Latin
Ursula,
meaning "little she-bear."
English surname transferred to forename use, itself from an old Norman
French nickname meaning
bear-cub
God-bear Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements os
god and beorn
bear Compare with Old Norse Asbjorn.
English form of Anglo-Saxon
Osbeorn, meaning
God-bear
Variant of English
Osborn, meaning
god-bear
Danish form of Scandinavian Pridbjørn, meaning
foremost bear
"Foremost bear." Scandinavian altered form of Slavic
Pritbor, with the latter element changed to bjørn
"bear."
English variant of Latin
Ursula, meaning
little
she-bear
Bear-like Roman name derived from Ursus
bear
Pet form of Slovene Uršula, meaning
"little she-bear."
Portuguese form of Latin
Ursula,
meaning "little she-bear."
Polish form of Latin
Ursula,
meaning "little she-bear."
Slovene form of Latin
Ursula,
meaning "little she-bear."