Bertha
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the old feminine name ending -a; Germanic origin uncertain in this passage
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bert̪a/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bertha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 52nd most common given name.
- PEPeru≈1 in 627(inferred from the name graph)
- NINicaragua≈1 in 743
- ECEcuador1 in 859
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bertha itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 346 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 627 (inferred from the name graph)
64,455 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Berta in SV El Salvador, ES Spain.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the old feminine name ending -a; Germanic origin uncertain in this passage
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bertha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 64,455 | 1 in 5.2K | 64K | Bertha | 346 |
| PE Peru | #114 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 627 | — | Bertha | 76 |
| TZ Tanzania | #296 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Bertha | 29 |
| ES Spain | #368 | 20,618as Berta | 1 in 2.4K | 21K | Berta | 171 |
| CO Colombia | #406 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 15 | Bertha | 81 |
| EC Ecuador | #173 | 19,678 | 1 in 859 | 20K | Bertha | 48 |
| SV El Salvador | #172 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 619 | — | Berta | 25 |
| NI Nicaragua | #52 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 743 | — | Bertha | 19 |
64,455 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INEC — civil registry names; the co-datosgov-candidates register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bertha is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Old English; bright shining; see Roberta
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In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, from Germanic *berht- 'bright, shining'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In French, Germanic berht: «brillant, illustre»
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In German, from beraht 'bright, famous'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bertha of Savoyb. 1051DEHoly Roman Empress from 1084 to 1087
- Bertha von Suttnerb. 1843CZAustrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
- Bertha Benzb. 1849DEGerman automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz (1849–1944)
- Bertha Pappenheimb. 1859ATAustrian feminist (1859–1936)
- Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbachb. 1886DEGerman business woman (1886–1957)
- Princess Maud, Countess of Southeskb. 1893GBnot in their usual nameBritish princess; youngest child of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, and Louise, Princess Royal (1893–1945)
- Bertha Lutzb. 1894BRBrazilian scientist (1894-1976)
- Mady Christiansb. 1896ATnot in their usual nameAustrian actress (1896–1951)
- Leni Riefenstahlb. 1902DEnot in their usual nameGerman filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist (1902–2003)
- Bertha Swirlesb. 1903GBBritish mathematician & academic (1903-1999)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 91 sources across 50 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 64K | #772 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 20K | #109 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 575 | #4,143 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 505 | #2,120 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 136 | #772 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 30 | — |
| CO Colombia | Colombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co) | — | 15 | #106 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 5 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 4 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bertha mean, and where does it come from?
- from the old feminine name ending -a; Germanic origin uncertain in this passage Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- Is Bertha a male or female name?
- Bertha is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Bertha?
- In the etymology graph, Berta, Berthe and Birdie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Bertha have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 64 thousand people named Bertha, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bertha.
- How do you pronounce Bertha?
- A machine transcription gives /bert̪a/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- How common is the name Bertha?
- In the United States, the national register counted 64,455 people named Bertha in 2020, about 1 in 5.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Bertha compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Bertha is the 52nd most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/berthaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bertha” — the 52nd most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.