Bertram

English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) +‎ *hrabnaz (“raven”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːtɹəm/

Proper noun

Bertram

  1. A male given name.
  2. A patronymic surname​.

Quotations

  • 1598 William Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well: Act I, Scene I :
    Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father / In manners, as in shape!
  • 1979 Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday (1980), →ISBN, page 77:
    "He doesn't use Bertram," Sloan informed him. "They told me at the bank." "Don't blame him." "He's always known as George." "Never Bertram," noted Leeyes. "People can be funny about Christian names."

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Danish

Proper noun

Bertram

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Bertram.
  2. A patronymic surname​.

German

Proper noun

Bertram

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Bertram.
  2. A patronymic surname​.
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