Given name & surname
Berton
“from the bright town”
Berton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the bright town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the bright town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,874
- 1,874 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 53 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 736 as a first name in 2020; 868 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.
Berton’s family of names
Berton has a related form in Bertin. Berton has a related form in Bertan. Berton has a related form in Berten.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Berton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Berton, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys