Bertha
/ˈbɜːrθə/noun
A female given name.
Did you know?Bertha comes from the same old Germanic root as names like Robert and Albert, where the idea is not softness but radiance, fame, and brilliance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*berhtaz
“bright, shining, famous”
Old High German
OHG
beraht
“bright, brilliant, famous”
Old English
OE
beorht
“bright, clear, shining”
Old French
OF
Berte
“a female personal name”
Middle English
ME
Bertha
“a woman’s name, borrowed through continental and French forms”
Modern English
English
Bertha
“a female given name”