Bertrand Forename

6,164th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 170,256 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Central African Republic

Bertrand Forename Definition:

See the preceding. Originally and mainly the French form: and its heroic associations spring largely from the fame of Bertrand du Guesclin, that C14 champion of France whose knightly deeds and character have been nowhere so adequately, so stirringly recorded and depicted as in Black Mastiff, by m.

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Bertrand Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France
100%
63,2741:1,051186
Central African Republic-23,3461:19351
Cameroon
100%
23,2201:931176
Canada
100%
10,5541:3,139578
Madagascar
100%
8,7671:2,695628
Belgium
100%
4,9061:2,342489
United States
100%
4,1861:86,6074,042
Switzerland
100%
3,2051:2,563466
Gabon
100%
2,9271:643123
Haiti
100%
2,8991:3,700564
Rwanda
100%
2,6591:4,277808
Congo
100%
2,6151:1,916308
Benin
100%
2,3041:4,590809
Chad
100%
1,5451:8,8021,382
Togo-1,4011:5,167841
Burkina Faso
100%
1,0981:16,7391,612
Poland
100%
9901:38,4111,114
Ivory Coast
99%
 
8681:26,5852,274
DR Congo
98%
 
8291:89,0564,907
Morocco
100%
7101:48,3782,054
Ghana
100%
6181:43,6672,441
Saudi Arabia-5831:52,8526,182
England
100%
5321:104,5173,928
Mali
100%
4421:38,4112,315
French Polynesia-3681:755166
Mauritius-3671:3,536620
Brazil
100%
3581:598,42518,501
Germany
100%
3561:271,5673,687
Netherlands
100%
3441:49,1343,379
Thailand
100%
3041:230,48014,401
New Caledonia
100%
2951:916211
Senegal
100%
2851:51,1632,022
Nigeria
100%
2671:665,03518,973
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2161:6,3031,044
Philippines
99%
 
1901:557,94518,023
Luxembourg
100%
1541:3,663454
South Africa
100%
1341:406,96020,792
Spain
100%
1051:443,1435,975
Saint Lucia
95%
 
971:1,833336
Portugal-831:125,4323,169
Romania
100%
751:267,3608,557
Italy
100%
701:872,3167,880
China-691:19,797,91060,352
Dominican Republic-681:153,4016,921
Malta-681:6,314764
India
100%
651:18,690,430452,321
Seychelles
100%
651:1,426340
Indonesia
100%
621:4,160,704173,781
Sweden
100%
621:158,9985,968
Singapore
100%
611:103,0667,456
Ireland
94%
 
581:80,0612,187
Japan-541:2,370,11220,985
Mexico
100%
531:2,342,34812,993
Australia-501:273,1525,786
Grenada
100%
501:2,162455
Guyana
100%
501:15,2652,051
Burundi
100%
491:202,175572
Norway
100%
481:106,9243,383
Papua New Guinea
100%
401:203,80817,339
Ethiopia
100%
361:2,710,0049,023
Greece
100%
361:303,7375,099
Hong Kong-361:215,3533,327
Lebanon
100%
361:156,3213,880
Jamaica-251:115,3294,649
Malaysia
100%
251:1,217,99840,661
Peru
100%
251:1,271,65815,483
Denmark-231:245,6305,032
Scotland
100%
221:243,1984,001
Antigua and Barbuda-201:4,970915
Israel
96%
 
191:442,2599,252
United Arab Emirates-191:376,42116,551
Austria
100%
181:473,0114,571
Vietnam-181:5,145,7283,613
Estonia
100%
171:77,3753,612
Monaco
100%
171:2,263456
New Zealand-171:266,8268,395
Laos-161:411,678310
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
Panama-131:300,5049,934
United States Virgin Islands-131:8,4421,163
Russia
100%
111:13,112,15545,377
Kenya-101:4,630,71125,538
Bangladesh-91:17,717,93019,122
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Sudan-91:4,200,7754,893
British Virgin Islands-81:3,906755
Chile-81:2,200,90114,453
Hungary
100%
81:1,223,9713,159
Uganda
100%
81:5,119,61545,522
Ukraine
100%
81:5,687,4889,604
Croatia
100%
71:602,4396,285
Czechia
100%
71:1,522,3094,223
Dominica-71:10,782397
Finland
91%
 
71:783,3127,794
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Iceland-71:52,2882,981
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
71:15,9402,043
Honduras
100%
61:1,469,57813,832
Tunisia
100%
61:112,8176,145
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
Venezuela
100%
51:6,040,37977,223
Andorra-41:20,722745
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
Kazakhstan-41:4,436,71124,678
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Myanmar-41:12,987,0681,965
Saint Barthelemy-41:2,389151
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Taiwan
100%
41:5,942,42087,370
Tanzania
100%
41:13,197,08050,227
Wales
100%
41:773,5778,486
Cambodia-31:5,424,44341,412
Cyprus-31:290,3593,456
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
El Salvador-31:2,113,9299,538
Liberia
100%
31:1,470,68725,732
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Albania
100%
21:1,523,28533,816
Argentina
100%
21:21,386,62229,627
Barbados-21:144,8942,643
Belize
100%
21:177,1545,935
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Niger-21:9,591,99755,581
Paraguay
100%
21:3,618,40211,946
Serbia-21:3,572,8608,125
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Faroe Islands-11:49,1272,467
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
North Macedonia
100%
11:2,090,75715,787
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montserrat-11:4,876752
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
100%
11:6,315385
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Bertrand (142,721) may also be a surname.

Bertrand Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

See the preceding. Originally and mainly the French form: and its heroic associations spring largely from the fame of Bertrand du Guesclin, that C14 champion of France whose knightly deeds and character have been nowhere so adequately, so stirringly recorded and depicted as in Black Mastiff, by m. Coryn, 1933.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Teutonic (masculine) - Bright, generous.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Teutonic name, meaning: With the burnished shield.

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

Bertrand Forename Popularity

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Bertrand Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bertrand in the Russian language
Бертрандbertrand-

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