Bertram Forename

31,873rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 25,123 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Bertram Forename Definition:

A male name. (Latin Bertramus, German Bertram, French Bertrand, Spanish Beltran); Old German Berahthraben, compound of berhta ‘bright’ and hraben ‘raven’; introduced into England at the Conquest (Bertrannus occurs in Domesday Book). The French form of the name, Bertran, Bertrand, is much less common than Bertram, Bartram, which occur from the end of the 12th C.

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Bertram Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
8,0331:12,035757
United States
100%
6,3961:56,6823,048
England
100%
2,1371:26,0191,500
Jamaica-1,8251:1,580380
South Africa
100%
1,2231:44,5894,771
Nigeria
100%
9681:183,4348,190
Austria
100%
8651:9,843622
Bahamas-5221:765194
Sri Lanka-5011:41,5154,680
Canada
100%
3571:92,8114,851
Netherlands
100%
3231:52,3283,510
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2431:5,603953
Barbados-2111:1,373321
Guyana
100%
1171:6,5241,110
Wales
100%
1161:26,6751,283
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
1101:1,014147
Switzerland
100%
961:85,5572,901
Philippines
100%
941:1,127,76029,669
Denmark-931:60,7472,149
Zimbabwe
100%
931:165,84710,498
Scotland
100%
711:75,3571,994
Namibia-611:39,4132,704
Brazil
100%
541:3,967,33666,975
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
381:1,444332
Dominican Republic-371:281,92610,232
Australia-321:426,8017,298
Malaysia
100%
321:951,56134,118
Saint Lucia
100%
281:6,3511,010
France
100%
271:2,461,86413,275
Norway
100%
261:197,3974,991
Zambia-251:634,19213,051
Thailand
100%
241:2,919,40969,251
India
100%
231:52,820,781884,653
Sweden
100%
211:469,42412,247
Belgium
100%
191:604,7399,016
United States Virgin Islands-181:6,097946
Israel
100%
161:525,18210,080
Panama
100%
141:279,0409,506
Singapore
100%
141:449,07510,858
China-111:124,186,88965,712
Hungary
100%
111:890,1612,642
Paraguay
100%
111:657,8915,571
Turks and Caicos Islands-111:3,155669
Tanzania
100%
101:5,278,83228,402
Cameroon-91:2,401,16748,579
Russia
100%
91:16,025,96751,277
Slovakia
100%
81:663,7582,742
Belize
100%
71:50,6163,777
Jersey-71:14,2831,073
Liechtenstein-71:5,408486
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
Chile
100%
61:2,934,53517,145
Czechia
100%
61:1,776,0274,577
Pakistan
100%
61:32,392,947130,865
Grenada
100%
51:21,6252,009
Hong Kong-51:1,550,5457,446
Italy
100%
51:12,212,41834,417
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Uganda
100%
41:10,239,23065,177
Ireland
100%
31:1,547,8407,573
Argentina
50%
 
31:14,257,74823,489
Mexico-31:41,381,47674,307
Montserrat-31:1,625276
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Venezuela-31:10,067,298111,314
Anguilla
100%
21:6,628945
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
Finland
100%
21:2,741,59219,235
Indonesia-21:128,981,8341,206,875
Nicaragua
100%
21:3,009,16824,322
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-21:2,914288
Ukraine-21:22,749,95422,291
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Greece
100%
11:10,934,54822,228
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Macau-11:608,2092,350
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051

Bertram (42,711) may also be a surname.

Bertram Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. (Latin Bertramus, German Bertram, French Bertrand, Spanish Beltran); Old German Berahthraben, compound of berhta ‘bright’ and hraben ‘raven’; introduced into England at the Conquest (Bertrannus occurs in Domesday Book). The French form of the name, Bertran, Bertrand, is much less common than Bertram, Bartram, which occur from the end of the 12th C. For the form Bartram, which survives as a surname, cf. Barnard from Bernard. Bertie is the usual diminutive.

Bertrannus Domesday Book 1086. Bertram Curia Regis Rolls 1198-1215. Berteram Hundred Rolls 1273. BartremPoll Tax 1379. Bertran Lyford 1655.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Like the next, it is equivalent to—and in C20 much more general than—Bartram. In Teutonic, it means ‘bright raven’. The patron saint of all three is Bertichramnus, bishop of Mans until 623. (Yonge.)

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

The Old German name; from brecht-ram, renowned for strength. Conf. the inverse, Rambert.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Teutonic (masculine) - Eminent for strength.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Teutonic name, meaning: Fortunate, illustrious one: bright raven.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Bertram Forename Popularity

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Bertram Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bertram in the Russian language
Бертрамbertram-

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