Given name & surname
Berth
“one who is famously bright and beautiful”
Berth is a variant of Bertha. One German interpretation is “one who is famously bright and beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Berth 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
Berth is a variant of Bertha. An origin associated with Bertha is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 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 girls is 6 in 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 158 as a first name in 2020; 282 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.
Berth’s family of names
Berth has a related form in Bertha. In German usage, Berth has a related form in Bert. In German usage, Berth as a surname has a related form in Bertle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Berth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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