Bert
m.
Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht 'bright' from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz used as a standalone name, or a diminutive of any of various names using this element as a prototheme or deuterotheme.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ◑ 776 Pirhtilo (nom) FRA-XXXL 4;
930 Pirhtilo (nom) UrkStyria 19
- France
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- Latin
- ◑ 697 Bertino (abl) DCEL-2 Add. IX;
699 Bertino (abl) Chart7th p. 570;
c823 Bertingus (nom) irminon-vol2 67, Ved;
1147 Bertini (gen) clairvaux-12thc 15,
Bertino (abl) ibid. 15;
1179 Bertinus (nom) ibid. 180;
1180 Bertini (gen) RotScaNor p. 34;
1364 Bertini (gen) ActsCharlesV no. 87A;
1378 Berteto (dat) hanquetvol1 2288
- Old French
- ◑ 1296 Bertin paris1296 p. 37;
1301 Bertin (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 290;
1313 Bertin Paris1313 p. 22
- Middle French
- ◑ 1438 Bertin favier 254;
1563 Bertin RegPCC-1 p. 533;
1588 Bertin raymond1588 p. 566
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1285 Berti (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154;
1366 Berti (gen) Livi 52;
1367 Berti (gen) ibid. 149;
1370 Berti (gen) ibid. 265;
1521 Berti (gen) VitAs2 III
- ◑ 1369 Bertini (gen) Livi 251
- Italian
- ● 1429–1430 Berto DiaryLMA p. 247
- ◑ 1513x1521 Bertino LeoX p. 25
Cite as: J. Pepe, S.L. Uckelman. "Bert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Bert.