Given name & surname
Bertel
“having bright strength”
Bertel is a variant of Berthold. One German interpretation is “having bright strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bertel is a variant of Berthold. One German interpretation is “having bright strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bertel is a variant of Bertil. An origin associated with Bertil is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bertel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 115
- 115 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 12 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 boys is 5 in 1944. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 112 as a first name in 2020; 279 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.
Bertel’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Bertel shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Bertil. In German usage, Bertel has a related form in Bert. Bertel has a related form in Bertil.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bertel has relatives in 4 languages.
8 related names in 4 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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bertel
- Bertel ThorvaldsenDanish sculptor (1770–1844)
- Bertel StorskrubbFinnish middle-distance runner, hurdler and handball player1917–1996
- Bertel HaarderDanish politician (born 1944)
- Bertel GripenbergFinland-Swedish baron and nationalist poet (1878–1947)
- Bertel BromanOlympic sailer (1889–1952)
- Bertel Lauringactor (1928-2000)
- Bertel DahlgaardDanish politician1887–1972
- Bertel StrömmerFinnish architect1890–1962
- Budtz MüllerDanish photographer (1837-1884)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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