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Boy · Germanic, through Old French
Bertrand
Say it: bair-TRAHN
Meaning
From Germanic beraht 'bright' and hraban 'raven'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Spread by the fame of du Guesclin and well used in 20th-century France.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 3,982 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Bertram |
|---|---|
| Italian | Bertrando |
Famous bearers
- Bertrand du Guesclin, constable of France
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.