Bertha

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Berta in AR Argentina, ES Spain, VE Venezuela and 8 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 20 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◐

Bertha is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name34K records spelled Bertha3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Bërthä, Bërthae

• French given name21K records spelled Bertha12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Berthe, Berta, Berthé, Berthè, Bérthe

• Indonesian given name8.1K records spelled Bertha3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Peru, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Bertha

60 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●

Bertha 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.

• In English, Old English; bright shining; see Roberta

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, from Germanic *berht- 'bright, shining'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In French, Germanic berht: «brillant, illustre»

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, from beraht 'bright, famous'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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) — 146 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●

• Bertha of Savoyb. 1051DEHoly Roman Empress from 1084 to 1087
• Bertha von Suttnerb. 1843CZAustrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
• Bertha Benzb. 1849DEGerman automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)
• Bertha Pappenheimb. 1859ATAustrian feminist (1859–1936)
• Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbachb. 1886DEGerman business woman (1886–1957)
• 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)
• Bertha Lutzb. 1894BRBrazilian scientist (1894-1976)
• Mady Christiansb. 1896ATnot in their usual nameAustrian actress (1896–1951)
• Leni Riefenstahlb. 1902DEnot in their usual nameGerman filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist (1902–2003)
• Bertha Swirlesb. 1903GBBritish mathematician & academic (1903-1999)

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 · 1,105 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Bertha?

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

In which country does Bertha have the most bearers?

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

How common is Bertha compared with other names?

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

Is Bertha a male or female name?

Bertha 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 Bertha mean?

Recorded meaning: from the old feminine name ending -a; Germanic origin uncertain in this passage