Given name & surname
Berte
“one who is illustrious”
Berte is a variant of Bert. One English interpretation is “one who is illustrious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Berte is a variant of Bert. One English interpretation is “one who is illustrious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Berte is a variant of Bert. An origin associated with Bert is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1894
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1914. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 663 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.
Berte’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Berte has a conventional equivalent in the German form Brigitte. Berte has a related form in Bert. In Greek usage, Berte as a surname is a transliteration of Μπερτέ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Berte
- Berte SkeelDanish noble, philanthropist and estate owner1644–1720
- Berte RognerudNorwegian politician1907–1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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