Given name & surname
Bertrand
“the renowned bright raven”
In French and English use, Bertrand has a related form in Bertram. One German interpretation is “the renowned bright raven.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French and English use, Bertrand has a related form in Bertram. One German interpretation is “the renowned bright raven.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French and English use, Bertrand has a related form in 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bertrand through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,991
- 3,991 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 95 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 95 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,344 as a first name in 2020; 12,154 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.
Bertrand’s family of names
In French usage, Bertrand as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Bietrand. Bertrand has a related form in Bertram. In French usage, Bertrand has a conventional equivalent in the German form Bertram.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bertrand has relatives in 12 languages.
12 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bertrand
- Bertrand RussellBritish philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
- Bertrand TavernierFrench film director (1941–2021)
- Bertrand BlierFrench film director (1939–2025)
- Bertrand TraoréBurkinabé association football player (born 1995)
- Bertrand Delanoë13th Mayor of Parisborn 1950
- Bertrand du GuesclinConstable of France1320–1380
- Bert PatenaudeAmerican soccer player (1909-1974)
- Bertrand PiccardSwiss balloonist and psychiatristborn 1958
- Bertrand BonelloFrench film director, screenwriter, composer, producer and actor (born 1968)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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