indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Settlement & Political Subdivision
Usage German, English, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Scripts Բեռն(Armenian) Берн(Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian Cyrillic, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Ukrainian) বের্ন(Bengali) ברן(Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈbɛʁn/(German) /ˈbɜrn/(American English) /ˈbɜːɹn/(British English) /ˈbɜːn/(British English) /ˈbɛrn/(Eastern Armenian, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Macedonian, Ukrainian) /ˈpʰɛɾn/(Western Armenian) /ˈbêːrn/(Croatian, Serbian) /ˈbʲern/(Russian) /ˈbern/(Slovak) /ˈbæːɳ/(Swedish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
From Alemannic German Bärn of uncertain meaning. A popular folk etymology suggests that it is derived from German Bär meaning "bear", although it is more likely of Celtic origin, perhaps from the word *berna meaning "cleft". This is the name of the capital city of Switzerland as well as a canton of the same name.