Bertina
Bertina is a feminine given name. It may also be found as a nickname, or as a surname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Bertina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bertina is a feminine given name. It may also be found as a nickname, or as a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Bertina
American parents first put Bertina on the record books as a baby girl name in 1882, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1971, when 31 Bertinas were born — ranking #2,427 that year. About 20% of every Bertina on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Bertina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Bertina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bertina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Bertina
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Bertina Foltz (1897–1940), American writer, associate editor of Vogue
- Bertina Henrichs (born 1966), German writer
- Bertina Lopes (1924– 2012), Mozambican-Italian artist
- Bertine Zetlitz (born 1975), Norwegian pop singer
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Names that sound like Bertina
Phonetically similar names — useful when Bertina is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Bertina
Bertina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Bertina's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #2,427. Use the chart and map above to compare Bertina'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.