Given name & surname
Bertran
“the renowned bright raven”
Bertran is a variant of Bertram. One German interpretation is “the renowned bright raven.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bertran is a variant of Bertram. One German interpretation is “the renowned bright raven.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bertran is a variant of Bertram. Bertram has been associated with Norman French and Germanic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bertran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 132
- 132 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 12 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 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 589 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.
Bertran’s family of names
Bertran has a related form in Bertram. Bertran has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bertram. In Greek usage, Bertran as a surname is a transliteration of Μπερτράν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bertran has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bertran
- Bertran de BornOccitan troubadour1140–1215
- Bertran d'AlamanonFrench troubadour1210–1270
- Bertran de Paris de Roerguetroubadour1260
- Bertran CarbonelFrench troubadour
- Bertran del PojetFrench troubadour
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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