Given name & surname
Bertille
“a heroine”
Bertille is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a heroine.”
Original FrenchBertil
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a heroine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
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
Bertille through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 0 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 7 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 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bertille’s family of names
In French usage, Bertille has a related form in Bertil. Bertille has a related form in Bertil. Bertille has a related form in Bertile.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Bertille
- Bertille Marcos GuèdègbéBeninese engineer and entrepreneur
- Bertille Noël-BruneauFrench child actressborn 1996
- Bertille Alijudoka from the Central African Republic (* 1982)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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