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Bertie

Bertie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“bright, famous”
Origin
English
Say it
BUR-tee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (94% of all uses)

Diminutive of Albert, Bertram, Robert, and other names with the Germanic element bert meaning 'bright, famous'. Bertie has long been used in English as a nickname and given name.

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How popular is Bertie?

20244.2 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Bertie in 202414

Peak year1886

Total US babies since 188014,581

Bertie is rising: use over the last five years is 18.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Bertie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Bertie questions

What does the name Bertie mean?

Bertie means "bright, famous". It comes from English. Diminutive of Albert, Bertram, Robert, and other names with the Germanic element bert meaning 'bright, famous'. Bertie has long been used in English as a nickname and given name.

Is Bertie a boy or girl name?

Bertie is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Bertie?

14 US babies were named Bertie in 2024. Its peak year was 1886.

How do you pronounce Bertie?

Bertie is usually pronounced BUR-tee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.