Bertie Forename
47,881st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 14,318 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland
Bertie Forename Definition:
A male name. the somewhat plebeian Bert is the usual diminutive of Albert q.v. Bertie, on the other hand, is more often from Herbert or Bertram qq.v., but both may be used for any name ending in -bert, e.g. Cuthbert.
Bertie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86% | 6,584 | 1:55,063 | 2,999 |
| England | 100% | 1,244 | 1:44,697 | 2,196 |
| Netherlands | 81% | 1,227 | 1:13,775 | 1,494 |
| South Africa | 90% | 1,000 | 1:54,533 | 5,471 |
| Ireland | 98% | 986 | 1:4,709 | 471 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 733 | 1:2,515 | 383 |
| Jamaica | - | 596 | 1:4,838 | 783 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Congo | 100% | 230 | 1:21,779 | 2,196 |
| Wales | 100% | 107 | 1:28,919 | 1,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 66% | 89 | 1:15,297 | 1,992 |
| Guyana | 100% | 86 | 1:8,875 | 1,390 |
| Canada | 100% | 79 | 1:419,410 | 11,768 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Scotland | 100% | 74 | 1:72,302 | 1,943 |
| Bahamas | - | 62 | 1:6,441 | 914 |
| Indonesia | - | 56 | 1:4,606,494 | 186,712 |
| Belgium | 80% | 48 | 1:239,376 | 5,403 |
| Barbados | - | 45 | 1:6,440 | 865 |
| New Zealand | - | 31 | 1:146,324 | 5,606 |
| Germany | 53% | 31 | 1:3,118,641 | 15,149 |
| Saint Lucia | 88% | 31 | 1:5,736 | 925 |
| Australia | - | 31 | 1:440,568 | 7,424 |
| Brazil | 89% | 29 | 1:7,387,454 | 101,232 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 28 | 1:3,985 | 727 |
| India | 100% | 27 | 1:44,995,480 | 799,701 |
| Zimbabwe | 71% | 20 | 1:771,191 | 29,892 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Benin | 100% | 18 | 1:587,547 | 18,316 |
| France | 94% | 15 | 1:4,431,356 | 18,897 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Philippines | 62% | 15 | 1:7,067,298 | 110,797 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 13 | 1:1,775,072 | 42,958 |
| Sweden | 75% | 13 | 1:758,301 | 16,746 |
| Nigeria | 58% | 12 | 1:14,797,030 | 147,379 |
| Croatia | 100% | 12 | 1:351,423 | 4,684 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Panama | - | 9 | 1:434,062 | 12,541 |
| China | - | 8 | 1:170,756,973 | 72,230 |
| Peru | 83% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 6 | 1:5,074,990 | 119,899 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Mexico | 75% | 4 | 1:31,036,107 | 61,748 |
| Italy | 84% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
The alternate forms: Bertiê (1) are calculated separately.
Bertie (1,488) may also be a surname.
Bertie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the somewhat plebeian Bert is the usual diminutive of Albert q.v. Bertie, on the other hand, is more often from Herbert or Bertram qq.v., but both may be used for any name ending in -bert, e.g. Cuthbert.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A diminutive of Albert; rarely of Bertrand and Bertram.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
There is a tradition that at the time of the Saxon invasion the Bertie family came from Bertiland, in Prussia, to Bertiestad (now Berstead), in Kent (see Lower); but the Christian name is doubtless an abbreviation of Albert.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Bertie Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 322 (1901)
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