Given name & surname
Bertil
“having bright strength”·“a heroine”
Bertil is a variant of Berthold. One German interpretation is “having bright strength.” In French use, Bertil has a related form in Bertille. One French interpretation is “a heroine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bertil is a variant of Berthold. One German interpretation is “having bright strength.” In French use, Bertil has a related form in Bertille. One French interpretation is “a heroine.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bertil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 482
- 482 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 31 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 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1914. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 199 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bertil’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Bertil shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Bertel. Bertil has a related form in Berthold. Bertil has a related form in Bertel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bertil has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bertil
- Bertil OhlinSwedish economist and politician (1899-1979)
- Prince Bertil, Duke of HallandSwedish prince (1912-1997); son of Gustaf VI Adolf and Princess Margaret of Connaught
- Bertil LindbladSwedish astronomer (1895–1965)
- Bertil NordahlSwedish association football player and manager (1917–1998)
- Bertil RoosSwedish racing driver (1943-2016)
- Bertil AntonssonSwedish amateur wrestler (1921-2006)
- Bertil JohanssonSwedish association football player and manager and handball player (1935–2021)
- Bertil UgglaSwedish pole vaulter, modern pentathlete and fencer (1890–1945)
- Bertil AlbertssonSwedish athlete (1921–2008)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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