Släkthistoria för Bernik
Bernik Vad efternamn betyder
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from the village of Berniki (Polish Bierniki) today in western Belarus and eastern Poland. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname based on the Polish adjective bierny ‘passive indifferent’. Slovenian: probably an archaic nickname derived from brati ‘to collect to pick’ denoting a beggar or an impoverished man. Alternatively perhaps a topographic name derived from brdo ‘rising ground’ (compare Vernik). Compare also Barnick Bernich and Bernick.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
