Given name & surname
Berta
“noble and bright”·“one who is famously bright and beautiful”
Berta has a related form in Alberta. In German use, Alberta carries the interpretation “noble and bright.” Berta is a variant of Bertha. One German interpretation is “one who is famously bright and beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Berta has a related form in Alberta. In German use, Alberta carries the interpretation “noble and bright.” Berta is a variant of Bertha. One German interpretation is “one who is famously bright and beautiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Berta is a variant of Bertha. An origin associated with Bertha is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Berta is a feminine form of BERTO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,286
- 0 boys · 7,286 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 132 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,226 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,226 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 132 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,771 as a first name in 2020; 1,432 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Berta’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Berta is a diminutive of Albertina. Berta shares a linguistic root with Bertha. In Slovak usage, Berta has a related form in Alberta.
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Around the world
Berta has relatives in 11 languages.
13 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Berta
- Bertha CáceresHonduran environmental activist1971–2016
- Berta KarlikAustrian physicist (1904–1990)
- Berta AmbrožSlovenian singer (1944-2003)
- Berta VázquezUkrainian-Spanish actress and singerborn 1992
- Berta PīpiņaLatvian politician, writer and journalist (1883-1942)
- Berta HrubáOlympic medalist (1946-1998)
- Berta ZuckerkandlAustrian writer, art critic and salonholder (1864-1945)
- Berta Drewsactress (1901-1987)
- Berta ZahourekAustrian swimmer (1896–1967)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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