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
- Denmark
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- Middle Danish
- ● 1496 Bertram KD-1 no. 185
- England
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- Anglo-French
- ● 1245–1250[1586] Bertram Glover 147
- Walloon
- ● 1590 Bertrame RWC p. 15
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1416 Berthram BbRT p. 347;
1427 Bertram ibid. p. 351;
1437 Bertram ibid. p. 359;
1440 Bertram ibid. p. 362;
1441 Bertram ibid. p. 363;
1443 Bertram ibid. p. 365
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Bertrannus (nom) irminon-vol2 88, Palatiolum;
937x93 Bertranni (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 99,
Bertrannus (nom) ibid. no. 99;
1018x1032 Bertrannus (nom) StVdM-II 666;
1030 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 681;
c1035 Bertranno (abl) ibid. 668;
1040x1080 Bertranni (gen) ibid. 664;
1044 Bertranni (gen) ibid. 659,
Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 659;
c1050 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 675;
1055 Bertranni (gen) ibid. 680;
1062 Bertramnus (nom) ibid. 692,
Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 692;
1064 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 703;
1067 Bertrandus (nom) CartNDSaintes XII;
1067x1074 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. XIII;
1067x1086 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. XIV;
1069 Bertrannus (nom) StVdM-II 717;
1070 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 740;
1073 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 679;
1080x1105 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. 699;
1094 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 686;
1138x62 Bertranno (abl) clairvaux-12thc 63,
Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 64;
1139 Bertranni (gen) HAP p. 372,
Bertrannus (nom) ibid. p. 372;
1143 Bertranni (gen) ibid. p. 373;
1146 Bertranno (abl) CartNDdOurscamp CXII;
1147 Bertranno (abl) clairvaux-12thc 18,
Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 19;
1158 Bertrandi (gen) StVdM-II 702,
Bertrandus (nom) ibid. 702;
1158x1170 Bertrannus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 138;
a1163 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 96;
1163 Bertranno (abl) ibid. 99;
1163–64 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 111;
1164 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 120;
1168 Bertranno (abl) ibid. 134;
1169 Bertranno (dat) ibid. 136,
Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 136;
1171 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 142;
1173 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 153;
1178 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. 168;
1179 Bertrannus (nom) ibid. 177;
1180 Bertranni (gen) RotScaNor p. 3;
1188 Bertrannus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCIV;
1273 Bertrandum (acc) RegToul-13thC p. 27,
Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1274 Bertrandus (nom) RHF-VIII p. 59;
1283–86 Bertrandi (gen) GasReg-A p. 227;
1287 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 74;
1292 Bertranni (gen) MemBret-I 1103;
1310 Bertram (nom) GasReg-A p. 217;
1310/11 Bertrandus (nom) ibid.;
1310 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 217;
1310–11 Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 236;
1346 Bertrandum (acc) ChronMaillezais p. 167;
1350 Bertrandus (nom) RHF-VIII p. 52;
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
- ● 1364 Bertram ActsCharlesV no. 117,
Bertran ibid. no. 7;
1366/7 Bertran ibid. no. 366;
1368 Bertrant beauchet-vol1 p. 13;
1386 Bertran MemBret-II col. 513;
1392 Bertrain ibid. col. 609,
Bertran ibid. col. 598;
1393 Bertrand ibid. col. 622;
1415[1469x1471] Bertran Waurin p. 227;
1418 Bertran DdB1418 p. 209,
HGParis p. 384,
Bertrant ibid. p. 384;
1421 Bertran favier 17,
Bertrand Laroche no. 6;
1438 Bertran favier 70;
1563 Bertrand RegPCC-1 p. 32;
1564 Bertran ibid. p. 54;
1565 Bertram ibid. p. 142,
Bertran ibid. p. 135;
1566 Bertran ibid. p. 207;
1567 Bertran ibid. p. 280,
Bertrand ibid. p. 328;
1568 Bertran ibid. p. 374;
1570 Bertran ibid. p. 550;
1572 Bertran ibid. p. 512
- Occitan
- ● 1444/5 Bertran ArcGir17 no. XXIX
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1194 Bertrammus (nom) quix-vol1 54;
1200 Bertrammus (nom) hennes-vol1 5;
1214 Bertrammus (nom) ibid. 16;
1232 Bertrammus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XII;
1238 Bertrammus (nom) ibid. XVII;
1254 Bertrammi (gen) hennes-vol1 155;
1264 Bertramo (abl) ibid. 200;
1274 Bertrami (gen) ibid. 232;
1278 Bertrammus (nom) ibid. 264;
1302 Bertrammus (nom) BremUrk2 no. 21;
1303 Bertrammum (acc) ibid. no. 24,
Bertrammus (nom) ibid. no. 27;
1341 Arandi (gen) SMM p. 167,
Arandus (nom) ibid. p. 166,
Bertrandi (gen) ibid. p. 166,
Bertrandum (acc) ibid. p. 166,
Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 166;
1394 Bertrammi (gen) ibid. p. 193
- 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;
1310 Bertrami (gen) MonRav-2 CCCL,
Bertramo (abl) ibid. CCCL,
Bertramus (nom) ibid. CCCL;
1326 Bertramo (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 444,
Bertrandi (gen) ibid. no. 440,
Bertrandus (nom) ibid. no. 440
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Beltramo LeoX p. 22
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Bertrammo (dat) RigSB 488;
1299 Bertram (nom) ibid. 184
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1086 Bertrandi (gen) CDCB-XV MMCCIII;
1124 Bertrando (abl) CDSS III,
Bertrandus (nom) ibid. IV;
1190 Bertrandi (gen) CDCB-XV MMCCVI;
1192 Bertrandi (gen) ibid. MMCCVIII,
Bertrando (dat) ibid. MMCCVIII,
Bertrandum (acc) ibid. MMCCVIII;
1490 Bertran (nom) carbonell-I p. 49;
1491 Bertran (nom) ibid. p. 55,
Bertrandus (nom) ibid. p. 55
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Beltran valencia1510 138,
Bertran ibid. 3885
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Bertram". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Bertram.