# Bertram (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bertram/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “bright”, “raven” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɜɹtɹəm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Batterham |
| US babies named this | 7,955 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,955 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 384, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).

## What it means

Bertram is grouped under bird and light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 9,981 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,224 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,120 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,766 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,764 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,377 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,919 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,410 |
| 2019 | 12 | 6,828 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,164 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,969 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,407 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,488 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,846 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,353 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Bertran
- Danish: Bertram
- Esperanto: Bertrando
- French: Bertrand
- German: Bertram
- Japanese: ベルトラン
- Korean: 베르트랑
- Portuguese: Beltrão
- Spanish: Beltrán

## People named Bertram

- Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist
- A. Bertram Chandler, British-Australian science fiction author (1912-1984)
- James Bertram Collip, Canadian biochemist, part of group that isolated insulin (1892–1965)
- Bertram Goodhue, American architect (1869–1924)
- Bertram Bracken, American film actor and director (1879-1952)
- Bertram Forer, American psychologist (1914-2000)
- Bertram Thomas, Civil servant and explorer (1892–1950)
- Bertram Macdonald, British athlete (1902-1965)
- Bertram Brooker, British artist (1888-1955)
- William Bertram Turrill, English botanist (1890–1961)
- Bertram Meier, German bishop and theologian
- Bertram Boltwood, American geologist (1870-1927)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.