Girl · English pet form of Germanic names
Bertie
Say it: BUR-tee
Meaning
For girls, a pet form of Bertha or Alberta, from Germanic beraht 'bright'; also used for boys from Albert or Herbert.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given to American girls around 1880 to 1920.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 14,530 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1886, about 1 in 957 girls
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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