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The only Bernice I've ever known was 'named after' her father, whose name was probably Bernd but once he'd moved to South Africa he became Bernhard: it was all a bit vague, her parents' marriage broke up ... she was known as Bernie, and so I think was he. Perhaps they didn't realise that the names weren't related, perhaps the resemblance was all they wanted, perhaps they dodged Bernadette as being too Christian.

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I don't enjoy spondees, usually. I do like Bernard as a boy name, but that's where it stops. Veronica is probably the best of the rest: Berenice etc are very long and not attractive enough. Veronica is badly let down by its possible nns: Vera? Ronnie? Nickie?