Berta

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Bertha in MX Mexico, PE Peru, US United States and 9 more and Берта in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Berta is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name142K records spelled Berta6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Germany, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Bêrtä

• French given name26K records spelled Berta12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Berthe, Bertha, Berthé, Berthè, Bérthe

• a separate given name9.0K records spelled Berta4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Bērta, Berţa, Berța

• Croatian given name3.6K records spelled Berta15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Bulgaria, Spain

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Bertha, Берта

• Arabic given name2.6K records spelled Berta4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Egypt, Peru

  Also written Bêrta, Bērtã

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Berta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Sudan/Ethiopia people; language isolate group

  as a name·African Names

• In Spanish, Germánico; hipocorístico de nombres con berht 'brillo, resplandor'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Germanico; abbreviazione di nomi in bert- ('illustre'). Il femminile può anche essere autonomo.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Swedish, Berta är ursprungligen en smekform till namn på → Bert- och -berta, t.ex. Adalberta. I den rikssvenska almanackan 8 februari och i den finlandssvenska 24 augusti.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, lang., Ethiopia, Sudan

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Bertrada of Laonb. 800VEnot in their usual nameFrankish queen
• Bertha of Savoyb. 1051DEnot in their usual nameHoly Roman Empress from 1084 to 1087
• Bertha von Suttnerb. 1843CZnot in their usual nameAustrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
• Bertha Benzb. 1849DEnot in their usual nameGerman automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)
• Bertha Pappenheimb. 1859ATnot in their usual nameAustrian feminist (1859–1936)
• Princess Maud, Countess of Southeskb. 1893GBnot in their usual nameBritish princess; youngest child of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, and Louise, Princess Royal (1893–1945)
• Leni Riefenstahlb. 1902DEnot in their usual nameGerman filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist (1902–2003)
• Bertha Swirlesb. 1903GBnot in their usual nameBritish mathematician & academic (1903-1999)
• Gretl Braunb. 1915DEnot in their usual namesister of Eva Braun (1915-1987); sister-in-law of Adolf Hitler
• Berta Cáceresb. 1973HNHonduran environmental activist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 837 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Berta?

We estimate roughly 112 thousand people bear Berta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Berta have the most bearers?

Berta is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled bertha.

How common is Berta compared with other names?

In Mexico, Berta is the 115th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Berta a male or female name?

Berta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Berta mean?

Recorded meaning: Amharic (Ethiopia); Gurage usage: 'be strong, be vigilant, persevere'