Bertha
The name Bertha [bur-thuh][1]is a female Germanic name. It comes from the Old High German word berhta, which means "the bright one".[2] The name dates back to the 6th century. Bertha is not a popular name for girls (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021),[3] although it is being used for tropical storms on List 6 in the Atlantic naming list.
People named Bertha
- Bertha of Holland (c. 1055–1093), queen of France
- Bertha of Sulzbach (1110-1159), Byzantine empress
- Bertha Brainard (1890-1946), pioneering television executive
- Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943), first female mayor of a major American city (Seattle, Washington)
- Bertha Runkle (1879-1958), American novelist and playwright
- Bertha Sánchez (born 1978), Colombian long-distance runner
- Bertha Wilson (1923-2007), first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Bertha Sanseverino ( 1946-2018), Uruguayan politician
- Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
- Bertha Calloway (1925-2017), American activist and historian
Saints
- 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
- Saint Bertha of Bingen (fl. c. 840?), mother of Saint Rupert of Bingen
Places
- Bertha, California, a former settlement
- Bertha, Minnesota, a city
- Bertha, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Bertha, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Bertha Township, Todd County, Minnesota
- Bertha (Perth), former Roman fortress in Scotland
- Bertha Island, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica
Astronomy
- 154 Bertha, an asteroid
References
- ↑ "Definition of bertha | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "bertha name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ↑ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-15.