Bertha is a girl's name of German origin meaning “bright one.” In 2024 it was given to 28 girls in the United States.
Bertha belongs to the German tradition. Its meaning — “bright one” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Anglo.
In the United States, Bertha first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7 in 1883, and in 2024 28 babies received the name — 207,837 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bertha means “bright one” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bertha is a girl name. In 2024, 28 babies received the name in the US.
Bertha comes from the German tradition. It is also spelled Anglo.
Bertha first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #7 in 1883, and 28 babies were given the name in 2024.
Bertha is pronounced /ˈbɝθə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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