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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Bertram m. Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht 'bright' from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz + Old Saxon hram 'raven'.

The name of an 11th C French saint.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Bertrandus (nom) JeanIII p. 22
Estonia
Middle Low German
1416 Berthram BbRT p. 347; 1427 Bertram ibid. p. 351; 1437 Bertram ibid. p. 359
France
Latin
937x93 Bertranni (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 99, Bertrannus (nom) ibid. no. 99; 1067 Bertrandus (nom) CartNDSaintes XII; 1067x1074 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. XIII; 1067x1086 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. XIV; 1138x62 Bertranno (abl) clairvaux-12thc 63, Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 64; 1146 Bertranno (abl) CartNDdOurscamp CXII; 1147 Bertranno (abl) clairvaux-12thc 18, Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 19; a1163 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 96; 1163 Bertranno (abl) ibid. 99; 1163–64 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 111; 1164 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 120; 1180 Bertranni (gen) RotScaNor p. 3; 1188 Bertrannus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCIV; 1273 Bertrandum (acc) RegToul-13thC p. 27, Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 27; 1283–86 Bertrandi (gen) GasReg-A p. 227; 1287 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 74; 1310 Bertram (nom) ibid. p. 217; 1310/11 Bertrandus (nom) ibid.; 1310 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 217; 1310–11 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 236; 1378 Bertrandi (gen) hanquetvol1 201, Bertrando (dat) ibid. 475, Bertrandus (nom) ibid. 688
Old French
1296 Bertran paris1296 p. 57; 1313 Bertran Paris1313 p. 39, Bertrand ibid. p. 39
Middle French
1368 Bertrant beauchet-vol1 p. 13; 1392 Bertrain MemBret-II col. 609, Bertran ibid. col. 598; 1418 Bertran HGParis p. 384, Bertrant ibid. p. 384; 1421 Bertran favier 17; 1438 Bertran ibid. 70
Germany
Latin
1194 Bertrammus (nom) quix-vol1 54; 1200 Bertrammus (nom) hennes-vol1 5; 1214 Bertrammus (nom) ibid. 16
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Bertrami (gen) BBC-Berg 5, Bertrammi (gen) ibid. 279; 1296 Bertrami (gen) ibid. p. XLV; 1303 Bertramus (nom) ibid. p. XLVI; 1326 Bertramo (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 444, Bertrandi (gen) ibid. no. 440, Bertrandus (nom) ibid. no. 440
Spain
Latin
1490 Bertran (nom) carbonell p. 49
Catalan
1510 Beltran valencia1510 138, Bertran ibid. 3885
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