Berthe
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A sort of trim added to the neckline of a dress
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɛʁt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Berthe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Congo - Brazzaville it is the 24th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 7.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 5.2Kas Bertha
- CMCameroon≈1 in 1.9K
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 Berthe 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)
- Sources
- 248 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
64,455 named Bertha, 2020
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Bertha in US United States.
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)
de (La) Berthe, nom de plusieurs localités dans le sud de la France
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
How Berthe is read(measured from records)
Berthe is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French89%
de (La) Berthe, nom de plusieurs localités dans le sud de la France
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Du germanique *berht* « brillant, illustre ». Fête le 4 juillet (sainte Berthe).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Féminin de Bertrand; origine germanique, « illustre ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
From Germanic berht 'bright, famous'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- English6.2%
French form of Bertha; bright, famous
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
A sort of trim added to the neckline of a dress.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Berthe 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 | — | 64,455as Bertha | 1 in 5.2K | 64K | Bertha | 106 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 19,678as Bertha | 1 in 859 | 20K | — | 6 |
| CM Cameroon | #221 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 1 | Berthe | 26 |
| FR France | #777 | ≈8,900 est. | ≈1 in 7.7K | 71K | Berthe | 248 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #651 | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 19K | listed | Berthe | 8 |
| CG Congo - Brazzaville | #24 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Berthe | 4 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 664 | 1 in 26K | 5.7K | — | 10 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025); the wgnd-cd-names 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bertrada of Laonb. 800VEnot in their usual nameFrankish queen
- Bertha of Swabiab. 907CHnot in their usual name10th-century Queen of Burgundy and Italy
- Bertha of Burgundyb. 964FRnot in their usual nameQueen of the Franks from 996 to 1001
- Bertha of Bloisb. 1005FRnot in their usual nameDuchess consort of Brittany
- Bertha of Hollandb. 1055NLnot in their usual nameFrench Queen
- Bertha of Sulzbachb. 1110DEnot in their usual nameByzantine empress of German descent
- Bertha, Duchess of Brittanyb. 1114FRnot in their usual nameFrench politician
- Berthe Hoola van Nootenb. 1817NLDutch botanist, author and scientific illustrator (1817-1892)
- Berthe Morisotb. 1841FRFrench painter (1841-1895)
- Berthe Bovyb. 1887BEBelgian actress (1887-1977)
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 52 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1974 | 71K | #1,088 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 653 | #1,712 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 239 | #34,154 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 164 | #6,090 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 11 | #16,896 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1950 | 10 | #484 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 6 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1 | #34,154 |
| CM Cameroon | Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025) | 2020 | 1 | #5 |
| FR France | Dictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007) | — | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Le Grand Guide des Prénoms | — | — | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- In which country does Berthe 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.
- What does the name Berthe mean?
- In English, A sort of trim added to the neckline of a dress.
- How do you pronounce Berthe?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛʁt/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Berthe a male or female name?
- Berthe 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 Berthe?
- In the etymology graph, Bertha, Berta and Birdie are forms of the same name in other languages; Bertille is a recorded short or pet form.
- How common is the name Berthe?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 664 people named Berthe, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
- How common is Berthe compared with other names?
- In Congo - Brazzaville, Berthe is the 24th most common given name of 363 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/bertheThe 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, “Berthe” — the 24th most common given name in Congo - Brazzaville. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.