Bertram
See also: bertram
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Batterham
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bertram
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Quotations edit
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father
In manners, as in shape!
- 1979, Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday, published 1980, →ISBN, page 77:
- "He doesn't use Bertram," Sloan informed him. "They told me at the bank."
"Don't blame him."
"He's always known as George."
"Never Bertram," noted Leeyes. "People can be funny about Christian names."
Translations edit
male given name
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Bertram
- a male given name, equivalent to English Bertram
- a surname originating as a patronymic
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Bertram
- a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Bertram
Proper noun edit
Bertram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bertrams or (with an article) Bertram, feminine genitive Bertram, plural Bertrams)
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German bërtram, bërhtram, from Old High German berhtram, from Latin pyrethrum and influenced by the male given name, from Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
Bertram m (strong, genitive Bertrams, no plural)
Declension edit
Declension of Bertram [sg-only, masculine, strong]