Bertha
Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one". It was usually a short form of Anglo Saxon names Beorhtgifu meaning "bright gift" or Beorhtwynn meaning "bright joy".
Meaning & Origin of Bertha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one". It was usually a short form of Anglo Saxon names Beorhtgifu meaning "bright gift" or Beorhtwynn meaning "bright joy".
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The Story of Bertha
Bertha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 1,320 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 5,051 Berthas were born — ranking #51 that year. As of 2026, Bertha ranks #4,660 for baby girls with 29 births, gradually rising (+6%). In total, more than 208K Berthas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Bertha
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- Saint Bertha of Kent (539 – c. 612), Queen of Kent
- Saint Bertha of Val d'Or (d. c. 690), abbess
- Saint Bertha of Artois (mid-7th century – 4 July 725), abbess, daughter of Count Rigobert and Ursana
- Bertrada of Laon (also called Bertha with the big feet) (720–783), Frankish queen
- Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne (c. 780 – after 11 March 824)
- Bertha, daughter of Lothair II (863–925)
- Bertha-Eudokia of Provence (died 949), Byzantine empress
- Blessed Bertha de Bardi , Florence; (died 24 March 1163)
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Names that sound like Bertha
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About the name Bertha
Bertha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 208K births in the dataset. Bertha's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #7. Use the chart and map above to compare Bertha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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