Bertram

Where Bertram comes from

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Bertram
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among boys — 18 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1883
    Bertram Home Ramsay born
    Royal Navy admiral
  3. 1895
    Peak, #337
    30 babies named Bertram — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #551.
  5. 1918
    Bertram Brockhouse born
    Canadian physicist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Bertram Brockhouse · Canadian physicist, 1918–2003
  • Bertram Home Ramsay · Royal Navy admiral, 1883–1945
  • Bertram Forer · American psychologist, 1914–2000
  • Bertram Goodhue · American architect, 1869–1924
  • Bertram Thomas · Civil servant and explorer, 1892–1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.