Bear is a ♂ male name.
Origin of Bear
Bear is a rare English name of Germanic origin.
Meaning of Bear
Bear means “the brown one” and refers to the animal “bear”. The word itself derived from Germanic “beran” and developed from Frisian “bāraus”, Old High German “bero” and Old English “bera” to Middle English “beare/beore”.
Pronunciation of Bear
Bear in the categories
Names Boy names Short names Short boy names Names with B Boy names with BName Statistic: Bear is ranked #7644 overall ↑↑ 137
- 🇬🇧 Great Britain: 1648 ↑↑ 414
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: 1741 ↓↓ -558
- 🇮🇪 Ireland: 2657 ↓↓ -165
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 2826 ↑↑ 9895
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: 4445 ↑↑ 595
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 5182 ↓↓ -1162
- 🇦🇺 Australia: 6754 ↑↑ 1106
- 🇨🇦 Canada: 7219 ↑↑ 998
- 🇪🇸 Spain: 8270 ↓↓ -4269
- 🇺🇸 United States: 8745 ↑↑ 460
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: 9291 ↓↓ -412
- 🇦🇹 Austria: 9626 ↑↑ 3941
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: 9895 ↓↓ -602
- 🇫🇮 Finland: 11556 ↓↓ -148
- 🇩🇪 Germany: 12043 ↓↓ -2058
- 🇫🇷 France: 12104 ↑↑ 791
- 🇳🇴 Norway: 12136 ↓↓ -155
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: 13032 ↓↓ -361
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 13695 ↓↓ -9362
Bear in the Top 50 Names
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