Bertha

A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “bright.”.

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Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one".
The name occurs as a theonym, surviving as Berchta, a figure in Alpine folklore connected to the Wild Hunt, probably an epithet of *Frijjō in origin.
Bertha appears as a Frankish given name from as early as the 6th century. The monothematic Bertha as a given name may however not originate with the theonym but rather as a short form of dithematic given names including the "bright" element. This is notably the case with the mother of Charlemagne, Bertrada (properly berht-rada "bright counsel") called "Bertha Broadfoot." Carolingian uses of the name Bertha, as in the case of Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne and Bertha, daughter of Lothair II, are in this tradition.
In modern times, the name is associated with machines that are abnormally large, and many large machines are nicknamed Bertha for the World-War I howitzer known as Big Bertha.
Women named Bertha include:
Saint Bertha of Kent (539–c. 612), Queen of Kent
Saint Bertha of Val d'Or (d. c. 690), abbess
Saint Bertha of Artois (mid 7th century – July 4, 725), abbess, daughter of Count Rigobert and Ursana
Bertrada of Laon (also called Bertha with the big feet) (720–783), Frankish queen
Saint Bertha of Bingen (fl. c. 757), mother of Saint Rupert of Bingen
Bertha, daughter of Lothair II (863–925)
Blessed Bertha de Bardi, Florence; (d. March 24, 1163)
Bertha, Duchess of Brittany (c. 1114–1156)
Bertha of Burgundy (952, 964 or 967 – 1010, 16 January 1016, or 1035), queen of France
Bertha of Hereford (born c. 1130), heiress
Bertha of Holland (c. 1055–1093), queen of France
Bertha of Putelendorf (died 1190), Saxon noble
Bertha of Savoy (1051–1087)
Bertha of Sulzbach (1110–1159), Byzantine empress
Bertha of Swabia (c. 907–966), queen of Burgundy
Bertha of Val d'Or (died c. 690), a Christian saint
Bertha Benz (1849–1944), wife of inventor Karl Benz
Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957), Australian writer
Bertha Brainard (1890–1946), pioneering television executive
Bertha Coombs (born 1961), reporter
Bertha Díaz (born 1936), Cuban track and field athlete
Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905–1950), American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
Bertha von Hillern (born 1857), American athlete and painter
Bertha Kalich (1874–1939), Jewish actress
Bertha Krupp (1886–1957), sole proprietor of the Krupp industrial empire from 1902 to 1943
Bertha Knight Landes (1868–1943), first female mayor of a major American city (Seattle, Washington)
Bertha Lewis (1887–1931), English opera singer and actress
Bertha Mahony (1882–1969), publisher of children's literature
Bertha Palmer (1849–1918), American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist
Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936), Austrian-Jewish feminist and social pioneer
Bertha Lee Pate (1903–1975), American blues vocalist
Bertha Ronge (1818–1863), Anglo-German kindergarten activist
Bertha Runkle (1879–1958), American novelist and playwright
Bertha Sánchez (born 1978), Colombian long-distance runner
Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Austrian novelist and pacifist
Bertha Tammelin, (1836–1915), Swedish musician, composer and singer
Bertha Teague (1906–1991), Hall of Fame basketball coach
Bertha Townsend (1869–1909), American tennis player
Bertha Valerius (1824–1895), Swedish photographer
Bertha Wilson (1923–2007), first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Bertha Zück (1797–1868), German-Swedish royal treasurer

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Fem. proper name, from Old High German Berahta, Perahta, the name of a goddess, literally "the bright one," from Old High German beraht, related to Old English beorht (see bright). Soldiers' nickname Big Bertha for large-bore German mortar of World War I is a reference to Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1886-1957), owner of Krupp steel works from 1903-43.

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Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element beraht: bright, famous, intelligent.

Albrecht, Berath, Berht, Bartholomew, Beraht

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Bertha Benz	1849	Automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz
2	Bertha von Suttner	1843	Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist
3	Bertha Gifford	1872	American serial killer
4	Bertha Pappenheim	1859	Austrian feminist
5	Bertha Palmer	1849	American art collector
6	Bertha of Kent	0550	6th century queen consort of Kent
7	Bertha Krupp	1886	German business woman
8	Bertha of Holland	1055	French Queen
9	Bertha of Burgundy
10	Bertha of Savoy	1051	Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire
11	Bertha Knight Landes	1868	American politician
12	Bertha Wilson	1923	Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
13	Bertha Bracey	1893	Quaker teacher and aid worker
14	Bertha Parker Pallan	1907	Archaeologist
15	Bertha of Swabia	0907	Queen consort of Burgundy
16	Bertha Holt	1904	American nurse
17	Bertha Heyman	1851	Confidence trickster
18	Bertha Coombs	1961	American journalist
19	Bertha Lum	1869	American artist
20	Bertha Teague	1906	American basketball coach
21	Bertha Lutz	1894	Brazilian scientist
22	Bertha of Milan		Italin noble
23	Bertha of Sulzbach	1110	Byzantine empress of German descent
24	Bertha Pitts Campbell	1889	Founder of Delta Sigma Theta
25	Bertha González Nieves	1970	Businessperson
26	Bertha Dudde	1891	German author
27	Bertha of Hereford	1130	Noble born circa 1130
28	Bertha Swirles	1903	British seismologist
29	Bertha Luján Uranga	1950	Mexican politician
30	Bertha Kalich	1874	Actress in American Yiddish Theatre
31	Bertha Harris	1937	Novelist
32	Bertha of Blois	1005	Duchess consort of Brittany
33	Bertha Wegmann	1847	Danish painter
34	Bertha Madras		American academic
35	Bertha Gilkey	1949	African-American activist of tenant management
36	Bertha Adkins	1906	American educator
37	Bertha Lewis	1887	British opera singer and actress
38	Bertha Reynolds	1887	American social worker & intellectual
39	Bertha "Chippie" Hill	1905	American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
40	Bertha Townsend	1869	US tennis player
41	Bertha Fry	1893	American supercentenarian
42	Bertha Phillpotts	1877	British academic
43	Bertha Lamme	1869	American engineer
44	Bertha Lee Pate	1902	American classic female blues singer
45	Bertha Moss	1919	Argentine actress
46	Hans Bertha	1901	Austrian psychiatrist
47	Bertha Klingberg	1898
48	Bertha Van Hoosen	1863	American physician
49	Bertha Crawford Hubbard	1861	American artist
50	Bertha of Turin	1020	Italian noble
51	Bertha Brouwer	1930	Dutch sprinter
52	Bertha of Artois		French abbess
53	Bertha Harmer	1885	Canadian nurse, writer
54	Bertha Hope	1936	American jazz pianist
55	Bertha Idaho	1895	American classic female blues singer
56	Bertha Sánchez	1978	Athletics competitor
57	Bertha Calloway	1925	American activist and historian
58	Bertha Tammelin	1836	Singer
59	Bertha Sneck	1916	American linguist, journalist and translator
60	Bertha of Aragon	1075	Queen
61	Bertha Hirsch Baruch	1876	American writer
62	Bertha Wellin	1870	Swedish politician
63	Bertha Hernández Fernández	1907	First Lady of Colombia
64	Bertha Badt	1885	German writer and Zionist
65	Bertha Bay-Sa Pan		Filmmaker
66	Bertha Belmore	1882	British actress
67	Bertha Diener	1874	Austrian writer and historian
68	Bertha Schwarz	1855	German/Austrian operatic soprano
69	Bertha Damon	1881	American writer
70	Bertha Oliva	1956	Honduran human rights activist
71	Bertha Allen	1934	Vuntut Gwitchin activist
72	Bertha of Putelendorf		German noble
73	Bertha Jaques	1863	American artist
74	Bertha Runkle	1879	Novelist and playwright
75	Bertha Díaz	1936	Cuban athlete
76	Bertha Merrill Holt	1916	American politician
77	Bertha Becker	1930	Brazilian geographer
78	Bertha Brainard	1890	American radio executive
79	Bertha	0830
80	Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow	1810	German educator
81	Bertha of Rouergue	1030	11th-century French noblewoman
82	Bertha Henry Buxton	1844	British writer
83	Bertha Valerius	1824	Swedish photographer and painter
84	Bertha Mahony	1882	American writer
85	Bertha of Bingen	0700	Mother of Rupert of Bingen
86	Bertha Puga	1909	First Lady of Colombia
87	Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar		Indian educationist
88	Bertha Clark	1887	German politician
89	Bertha of Val d'Or
90	Bertha McNamara	1853	Australian writer
91	Bertha Leverton	1923	German author
92	Bertha Clayden		British police officer
93	Bertha S. Reeder	1892	American Mormon leader
94	Bertha May Crawford	1886	Canadian opera singer
95	Bertha Yerex Whitman	1892
96	Bertha Keyser	1868
97	Mary Bertha Rawlinson	1910	Singer, actor, drama producer, composer, music teacher
98	Bertha E. Reynolds	1868	American physician
99	Bertha von Groitzsch
100	Bertha Southey Brammall	1878	Australian writer
101	Bertha Kipfmüller	1861	German teacher and independent scholar
102	Bertha Frederich	1825	German writer
103	Bertha Raffetto	1885	American songeriter
104	Bertha Zück	1797	Favourite of Queen Josephine
105	Bertha Frensel Wegener	1874	Dutch composer and music educator
106	Bertha Galland	1876	Stage actor
107	Bertha Ronge	1818	Anglo-German educator and activist
108	Bertha van Heukelom	1254	Dutch noble
109	Bertha Putnam	1872	American historian
110	Bertha Hale White
111	Bertha Sander	1901	German author
112	Bertha George Harris	1913	American ceramist
113	Bertha Gumprich	1832	German author and cook
114	Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann	1815	German photographer
115	Bertha Gxowa	1934	Anti-Apartheid activist / ANC
116	Bertha Bagge	1859	German painter
117	Bertha Froriep	1833	German painter
118	Bertha Urdang	1912	Art gallery owner
119	Bertha von Hillern	1857	German-American athlete and artist
120	Bertha of Tübingen	1200
121	Bertha Hofer Hegner		Educator and promoter of the Kindergarten Movement
122	Bertha Dorph	1875	Danish artist
123	Bertha Ehnn	1847	Austrian singer and opera singer
124	Bertha Rosanova
125	Berta Akermann-Haßlacher	1840	German author
126	Bertha Kamilla Pauli	1878	Austrian journalist
127	Bertha Galeron de Calonne	1859	French poet
128	Bertha McDougall		British civil servant
129	Zoltán Bertha	1955	Literary historian, librarian
130	Bertha Clément	1852	German author
131	Bertha von Petersenn	1862
132	Bertha von Arnswaldt	1850	German socialite
133	Bertha Brukenthal	1846	Austrian composer
134	Bertha Markheim	1833	German author
135	Bertha Steedman	1900	British tennis player
136	Bertha Berry	1876	American nurse
137	Bertha Egnos	1913	South African musician, director, and composer in musical theatre
138	Bertha Arndts	1809	German author
139	Bertha Hirsch	1850
140	Bertha von Dillner	1847
141	Bertha thoe Schwartzenberg	1891	Dutch sculptor
142	Albertina Bertha	1880	Brazilian writer
143	Bertha Unzelmann	1822	German stage actor
144	Bertha de Bardi		Italian saint
145	Bertha Heimberg	1894	German Freiwirtschaft activist
146	Bertha of Vohburg
147	Bertha Ramsauer	1884
148	Bertha Jane Grundy	1837	British writer
149	Bertha Porter	1852	British egyptologist
150	Bertha Middelhauve	1893
151	Bertha of Lorraine	1116
152	Bertha Katscher	1860	Slovak-born Hungarian writer
153	Bertha Drechsler Adamson	1848
154	Bertha Sanseverino	1946
155	Bertha Henderson	1900	American singer
156	Bertha Dehn	1881
157	Bertha Yuwana Putra	1978
158	Berta Dißmann	1874	German non-fiction writer (1874-1954)
159	Bertha Jørgensveen	1910
160	Bertha Zillessen	1872	German painter
161	Bertha Schroeder	1872	Salvation Army officer, social worker, probation officer
162	Bertha Augusti	1827	German writer
163	Bertha Barkhuff	1917	Badminton player
164	Bulcsu Bertha	1935	Writer
165	Bertha Hoffmann	1816	German author
166	Bertha Bele	1893	Norwegian politician
167	Bertha M. Stoneman	1866	Botanist (1866-1943)
168	Bertha Granados
169	Bertha von Grab	1840	Bohemian landscape painter
170	Bertha Coolidge	1880	American painter
171	Bertha Bayer-Braun	1847
172	Bertha M. Paxton	1896
173	Bertha Eichberg	1844
174	Bertha Bouroncle	1919
175	Bertha Elisabeth van Delden	1847	Dutch children's writer
176	Bertha Schulze	1889	German politician
177	Bertha von Kröcher	1857
178	Bertha van Hasselt	1878	Dutch artist
179	Bertha Crowther	1921	British athlete
180	Berthe Theodore Wendt	1859	German politician
181	Bertha Riedel-Ahrens	1850	German author
182	Bertha Worms	1868	Brazilian painter
183	Bertha Stich	1818	Stage actor (1818-1876)
184	Bertha Lenia Hernández de Ruvalcaba		Mexican politician
185	Bertha Isaacs	1900	Bahamian teacher, tennis player, women's rights activist and politician
186	Berta von der Lancken	1863	German author
187	Bertha Kawakami	1931
188	Bertha Svensson	1927
189	Bertha Thalheimer	1883
190	Bertha Noyes	1876
191	Bertha Jordaan-van Heek	1876	Dutch painter
192	Bertha Enwald	1871	Architect
193	Bertha Valverde	1905	Ecuadorian politician and medic
194	Bertha Bake	1880	Dutch painter
195	Bertha Marian Skeat	1861	Schoolmistress
196	Bertha Cady	1873
197	Bertha Lincoln Heustis	1870	Writer, filmmaker, and president of the National League of American Pen Women
198	Bertha Marion Lahman	1872	Botanist (1872-1950)
199	Bertha Witting	1858
200	Bertha M. Goudy