Bernese is a very rare variant of Bernice that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Bernese is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1932. Bernese was first reported in SSA data in 1906 and peaked in 1916 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,950 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,089 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,168 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #3,194 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,883 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #3,070 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,796 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,690 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,701 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,786 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,373 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,898 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,676 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,267 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,718 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,107 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,979 |