Bertie
Bertie is a boy name of English origin, meaning Bright and famous.
What Bertie means
Bright and famous.
Bertie sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Bertie comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Bertie is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Bertie?
Bertie is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Bertie is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Bertie
Two ideas meet in Bertie: light and brightness and the long-established classics. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Bertie
These share Bertie's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Nell — Bright, shining one.
- Albert — Noble and bright.
- Robert — Bright fame.
- Rupert — Bright fame.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Helen — Light; a torch.
- Helena — Bright, shining light.
- Lucy — Light.
- Nora — Honour; light.
- Jack — God is gracious.
- Alfred — Wise counsel; elf wisdom.