Bear Names
Names that mean bear, bear-like, and other bear-related names.

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BEAR NAMES: 

• MALE:

  1. ARKADIOS: Greek name meaning "of Arcadia." The place name Arcadia was derived from the word arktos, meaning "bear."

  2. ARTHUR: 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. 

  3. ASBJORN (Ásbjörn): "Divine bear." Old Norse name composed of the elements áss "god, divinity" and björn "bear."

  4. ASBJÖRN: Swedish form of Old Norse Ásbjörn, meaning "divine bear."

  5. ASBJØRN: Norwegian form of Swedish Asbjörn, meaning "divine bear."

  6. AUBERON: French name of Germanic origin. Possibly from adal "elf" and ber(n) "bear," thus "elf bear."

  7. AVONACO: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "lean bear."

  8. BARNEY: English nickname for both Barnabas "son of exhortation" and Bernard "bold as a bear."

  9. BEARNARD: Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of English Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear."

  10. BENAT (Beñat): Basque form of Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear."

  11. BEOWULF: "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."

  12. BER: 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.

  13. BERENGÁR: Portuguese and Spanish form of Old German Beringar, meaning "bear-spear."

  14. BERENGAR: English form of Old German Beringar, meaning "bear-spear."

  15. BERENGER: Variant of Berengar, meaning "bear-spear." 

  16. BERINGAR: "Bear-spear." Old German name composed of the elements berin "bear" and ger "spear." 

  17. BERNARD: English and French form of German Bernhard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  18. BERNARDINO: Pet form of Italian/Spanish Bernardo, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  19. BERNARDO: Italian and Spanish form of German Bernhard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  20. BERNARDO: Spanish form of Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  21. BERNÁT: Hungarian form of German Bernhard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  22. BERNAT: Catalan form of German Bernhard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  23. BERND: Variant of German Berndt, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  24. BERNDT: Abbreviated form of German Bernhard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  25. BERNHARD: Variant of German Bernhardt, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  26. BERNHARDT: German name composed of the elements ber/bern "bear" and hard "brave, hardy, strong." 

  27. BERNIE: English nickname for Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  28. BERNT: Scandinavian form of Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  29. BJARNE: Variant of Scandinavian Björn, meaning "bear." 

  30. BJOERN: Variant of Scandinavian Björn, meaning "bear." 

  31. BJORN (Björn): Scandinavian name derived from an Old Norse word bjorn, meaning "bear." 

  32. BJORNE: Swedish form of Scandinavian Björn, meaning "bear." 

  33. DOV: Hebrew name meaning "bear." 

  34. EDON: "Rich bear cub." Old English name composed of the elements ead "fortune, prosperity, riches" and hun "bear cub."

  35. EDUN: Variant of English Edon, meaning "rich bear cub."

  36. ESBEN: Swedish form of Old Norse Ásbjörn, meaning "divine bear."

  37. ESPEN: Variant of Norwegian Asbjørn, meaning "divine bear."

  38. GERBEN: "Spear-bear." Dutch name composed of the Germanic elements ger "spear" and bern "bear." 

  39. HALLBJORN (Hallbjörn): "Rock-bear." Icelandic and Norwegian name composed of the Old Norse elements hallr "rock" and björn "bear."

  40. MAHON: Variant of Irish Mathúin, meaning "bear."

  41. MATHGHAMHAIN: Irish/Gaelic name meaning "bear."  

  42. MATHUIN (Mathúin): Abbreviated form of Irish Mathghamhain, meaning "bear."  

  43. NANOOK: Inuit myth name of the master of bears, meaning "polar bear" in Inuktitut. 

  44. NANUK: Variant of Inuit Nanook, meaning "polar bear."

  45. OBERON: English variant of French Auberon, meaning "elf bear." In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," this was the name of the king of the fairies.

  46. ORSINO: Italian form of Roman Ursinus, meaning "bear-like." 

  47. ORSO: Italian form of Roman Ursus, meaning "bear." 

  48. ORSON: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from an old Norman French nickname meaning "bear-cub." 

  49. OSBEORN: "God-bear." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear." Compare with Old Norse Asbjorn.

  50. OSBORN: English form of Anglo-Saxon Osbeorn, meaning "God-bear."
  51. OSBOURNE: Variant of English Osborn, meaning "god-bear."

  52. OTSO: Finnish name meaning "bear."

  53. PREBEN: Danish form of Scandinavian Pridbjørn, meaning "foremost bear."

  54. PRIDBJORN (Pridbjørn): "Foremost bear." Scandinavian altered form of Slavic Pritbor, with the latter element changed to bjørn "bear." 

  55. TARBEN: Danish from of Swedish Torbjörn, meaning "Thor's bear."

  56. THORBJÖRN: Swedish form of Old Norse Thórbjörn, meaning "Thor's bear."
  57. THORBJØRN: Norwegian form of Old Norse Thórbjörn, meaning "Thor's bear."
  58. THORBJORN (Þórbjörn): "Thor's bear." Old Norse name composed of the name of the god Thor and the word björn "bear."
  59. THORBURN: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself from a form of Old Norse Thórbjörn, meaning "Thor's bear."
  60. TORBEN: Danish form of Swedish Torbjörn, meaning Thor's bear." 
  61. TORBJORN (Torbjörn): Swedish form of Old Norse Thórbjörn, meaning "Thor's bear."
  62. TORBJORN (Torbjørn): Danish and Norwegian form of Swedish Torbjörn, meaning Thor's bear." 

  63. URS: German form of Roman Ursus, meaning "bear." 

  64. URSINUS: "Bear-like." Roman name derived from Ursus "bear." 

  65. URSUS: Roman name meaning "bear." 

• FEMALE:

  1. ARCADIA: Feminine form of Greek Arkadios, meaning "of Arcadia." The place name Arcadia was derived from the word arktos, meaning "bear."

  2. BERDINE: English abbreviated form of Bernardine, meaning "bold as a bear." 

  3. BERENGARI: Abbreviated form of English Berengaria, meaning "bear-spear."
  4. BERENGÁRIA: Feminine form of Spanish Berengár, meaning "bear-spear."
  5. BERENGARIA: Feminine form of English Berengar, meaning "bear-spear."
  6. BERNADETT: Hungarian form of Bernadette, meaning "bold as a bear."
  7. BERNADETTE: French feminine diminutive form of Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear."
  8. BERNADINE: Feminine form of English/French Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear."
  9. BERNARDETTA: Italian feminine form of Bernardo, meaning "bold as a bear."
  10. BERNARDETTE: Variant of French Bernadette, meaning "bold as a bear."
  11. BERNARDINE: Variant of English/French Bernadine, meaning "bold as a bear."
  12. BERNARDITA: Spanish feminine form of Bernardo, meaning "bold as a bear."
  13. EDEN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the masculine forename Edon, meaning "rich bear cub." Use of the name, Eden, has probably been encouraged by its association with the biblical paradise name from Hebrew 'eden, meaning "place of pleasure." 

  14. NITA: Native American Choctaw name meaning "bear." 

  15. ORSINA: Feminine form of Italian Orsino, meaning "bear-like."
  16. ORSOLA: Italian form of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear."
  17. ORSOLYA: Hungarian form of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear."

  18. URSEL: German pet form of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear." 

  19. URSELLA: English variant of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear." 

  20. URSKA (Urška): Pet form of Slovene Uršula, meaning "little she-bear." 

  21. ÚRSULA: Portuguese form of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear." 

  22. URŠULA: Slovene form of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear."

  23. URSULA: "Little she-bear." Latin name composed of the word ursa "she-bear" and a diminutive suffix. 

  24. URSZULA: Polish form of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear."  

  25. USCHI: German pet form of Latin Ursula, meaning "little she-bear."