Given name & surname
Bertell
“having bright strength”
Bertell is a variant of Berthold. One German interpretation is “having bright strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bertell is a variant of Berthold. One German interpretation is “having bright strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bertell is a variant of Berthold. An origin associated with Berthold is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bertell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 6 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 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1927.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bertell’s family of names
Bertell has a related form in Berthold.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Bertell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Herschel
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
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98% boys · 2% girls
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99% boys · 1% girls