Bertrand

Where Bertrand comes from

The dictionaries list Bertrand as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1872
    Bertrand Russell born
    British philosopher and logician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1896
    Peak, #518
    16 babies named Bertrand — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1898
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,002.
  5. 1941
    Bertrand Tavernier born
    French film director
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Bertrand Russell · British philosopher and logician, 1872–1970
  • Bertrand Tavernier · French film director, 1941–2021
  • Bertrand Blier · French film director, 1939–2025
  • Bertrand Traoré · Burkinabé association football player, born 1995
  • Bertrand Delanoë · 13th Mayor of Paris, born 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.