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
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Bertrandus (nom) JeanIII p. 22
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1416 Berthram BbRT p. 347;
1427 Bertram ibid. p. 351;
1437 Bertram ibid. p. 359
- France
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- 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
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- Latin
- ● 1194 Bertrammus (nom) quix-vol1 54;
1200 Bertrammus (nom) hennes-vol1 5;
1214 Bertrammus (nom) ibid. 16
- Italy
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- 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
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- Latin
- ● 1490 Bertran (nom) carbonell p. 49
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Beltran valencia1510 138,
Bertran ibid. 3885
Preview. DO NOT cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Bertram". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Bertram.