Berta Forename
2,258th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 451,329 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
El Salvador
Berta Forename Definition:
A female name. (French Berthe, German Bertha, Italian Berta); primarily a Frankish name, a pet-form of some of the many names in berhta (Old English beorht) ‘bright’. It was a favourite with the Carolings, having been the name of the mother of Charlemagne.
Read More About This ForenameBerta Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 100% | 59,182 | 1:1,648 | 303 |
| Germany | 100% | 34,280 | 1:2,820 | 387 |
| Colombia | 100% | 30,064 | 1:1,589 | 235 |
| Argentina | 100% | 28,617 | 1:1,495 | 250 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 28,257 | 1:570 | 111 |
| Chile | 100% | 27,770 | 1:634 | 144 |
| Angola | 100% | 26,992 | 1:999 | 204 |
| Mozambique | - | 23,040 | 1:1,182 | 260 |
| Mexico | 100% | 22,940 | 1:5,412 | 599 |
| Spain | 100% | 20,433 | 1:2,277 | 305 |
| United States | 100% | 16,765 | 1:21,625 | 1,691 |
| El Salvador | - | 14,771 | 1:429 | 66 |
| Austria | 100% | 13,173 | 1:646 | 150 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 12,465 | 1:2,423 | 359 |
| Cuba | - | 12,377 | 1:930 | 213 |
| Indonesia | 74% | 10,172 | 1:25,360 | 3,470 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9,806 | 1:899 | 157 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 7,608 | 1:9,704 | 1,004 |
| Peru | 100% | 4,903 | 1:6,484 | 886 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,694 | 1:832 | 134 |
| Israel | 100% | 4,485 | 1:1,874 | 394 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,589 | 1:1,677 | 331 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,219 | 1:2,552 | 465 |
| Portugal | - | 2,795 | 1:3,725 | 341 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,602 | 1:82,335 | 4,895 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2,074 | 1:2,299 | 401 |
| Italy | 97% | 2,058 | 1:29,671 | 1,055 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,020 | 1:5,164 | 756 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1,677 | 1:3,166 | 270 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,603 | 1:2,138 | 299 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,463 | 1:12,117 | 907 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 1,236 | 1:5,855 | 774 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,218 | 1:8,094 | 761 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 976 | 1:46,619 | 557 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 854 | 1:12,414 | 1,151 |
| Russia | 99% | 819 | 1:176,110 | 2,739 |
| Czechia | 85% | 783 | 1:13,609 | 492 |
| Philippines | 99% | 725 | 1:146,220 | 7,201 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 682 | 1:3,605 | 515 |
| Canada | 100% | 507 | 1:65,352 | 3,927 |
| Norway | 100% | 495 | 1:10,368 | 894 |
| Poland | 99% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Romania | 100% | 459 | 1:43,686 | 2,599 |
| Namibia | - | 439 | 1:5,476 | 784 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 402 | 1:131,314 | 6,551 |
| Hungary | 95% | 401 | 1:24,418 | 435 |
| Latvia | 98% | 394 | 1:5,116 | 484 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 382 | 1:14,732 | 1,314 |
| England | 100% | 268 | 1:207,474 | 6,058 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 258 | 1:65,512 | 4,047 |
| Haiti | 100% | 240 | 1:44,696 | 3,049 |
| India | 100% | 237 | 1:5,126,067 | 194,355 |
| Belize | 100% | 213 | 1:1,663 | 371 |
| Croatia | 100% | 173 | 1:24,376 | 1,191 |
| Serbia | 100% | 173 | 1:41,305 | 1,868 |
| Belgium | 100% | 161 | 1:71,367 | 2,925 |
| South Africa | 100% | 155 | 1:351,824 | 18,915 |
| Thailand | 92% | 154 | 1:454,973 | 22,288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 126 | 1:64,701 | 6,192 |
| France | 100% | 105 | 1:633,051 | 6,119 |
| Uganda | 100% | 105 | 1:390,066 | 10,071 |
| Cape Verde | - | 92 | 1:5,752 | 755 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 90 | 1:1,972,937 | 39,921 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Albania | 100% | 75 | 1:40,621 | 4,015 |
| Bulgaria | 98% | 75 | 1:93,205 | 3,427 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 72 | 1:40,998 | 1,048 |
| Estonia | 100% | 66 | 1:19,930 | 1,700 |
| Turkey | 100% | 66 | 1:1,178,814 | 10,840 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 66 | 1:233,694 | 13,428 |
| Greece | 100% | 64 | 1:170,852 | 3,721 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 62 | 1:56,846 | 2,419 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 61 | 1:3,147 | 585 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 60 | 1:360,175 | 12,871 |
| Denmark | - | 59 | 1:95,754 | 2,802 |
| Armenia | 98% | 56 | 1:52,121 | 1,857 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Iceland | 100% | 52 | 1:7,039 | 747 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 48 | 1:789 | 178 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 48 | 1:73,965 | 1,666 |
| Finland | 100% | 43 | 1:127,516 | 2,682 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 38 | 1:801,314 | 30,264 |
| Palestine | 100% | 37 | 1:122,975 | 2,021 |
| Georgia | 100% | 34 | 1:109,955 | 3,873 |
| Ireland | 100% | 30 | 1:154,784 | 3,255 |
| Belarus | 96% | 29 | 1:326,979 | 2,407 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 28 | 1:633,816 | 8,396 |
| New Zealand | - | 28 | 1:162,002 | 5,752 |
| Jordan | 100% | 27 | 1:326,918 | 3,207 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Pakistan | 60% | 20 | 1:9,717,884 | 69,757 |
| Kosovo | - | 17 | 1:109,496 | 5,759 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 80% | 17 | 1:351,369 | 12,997 |
| Australia | - | 16 | 1:853,601 | 10,910 |
| Moldova | 100% | 16 | 1:222,571 | 1,946 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Scotland | 100% | 15 | 1:356,691 | 5,068 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 10 | 1:63,458 | 2,374 |
| Senegal | 100% | 10 | 1:1,458,136 | 11,437 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,205,368 | 16,287 |
| China | - | 6 | 1:227,675,964 | 74,319 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
Berta (29,128) may also be a surname.
Berta Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. (French Berthe, German Bertha, Italian Berta); primarily a Frankish name, a pet-form of some of the many names in berhta (Old English beorht) ‘bright’. It was a favourite with the Carolings, having been the name of the mother of Charlemagne. The only occurrence in England before the Norman Conquest is Bercta, d. of Charibert and queen of Æthelbert, King of Kent. After the Norman Conquest it was in regular though not frequent use, often appearing in the form Berta. It does not appear to have been much used after about the beginning of the 14th C, though Lyford 1655 gives it in his list of christian names. It came back into use with other old names in the 19th C, one of the earliest to use it being the poet Southey, one of whose dd. was named Bertha.
Bertha, Berta Curia Regis Rolls 1205-15. Berta Life of St. Werburga, transl. 1573 1513.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Berta Forename Popularity
Berta Demographics
Berta Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 55 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Berta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Berta in the Russian language | ||
| Берта | berta | - |
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