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."

Translations

male given name

• Breton: Beltram (br)
• Danish: Bertram
• Esperanto: Bertrando
• French: Bertrand (fr)

  Old French: Bertran

• German: Bertram (de)
• Japanese: ベルトラン (Berutoran)
• Korean: 베르트랑 (Bereuteurang)
• Occitan: Bertran m
• Spanish: Beltrán (es)

Anagrams

• Rambert

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Danish

Proper noun

Bertram

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

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German

Proper noun

Bertram

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