Given name & surname
Bertin
“from the bright town”
Bertin is a variant of Berton. One English interpretation is “from the bright town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bertin is a variant of Berton. One English interpretation is “from the bright town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bertin is a variant of Berton. An origin associated with Berton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bertin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 340
- 340 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,340 as a first name in 2020; 891 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.
Bertin’s family of names
In French usage, Bertin is a diminutive of Lambertin. Bertin has a related form in Berton.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bertin
- Bertin EbwelléCameroonian footballerborn 1962
- Bertin BornaBeninese politician1930–2007
- Bertin NahumFrench entrepreneurborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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