Bert

Bert is a short form of the male given name Adalbert, Hubert, Berthold, Herbert, Engelbert, Bertram, Norbert and Robert.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Old High German berath: brilliant, famous

Variants

• Male: Bertel, Berti, Bertl
• Female: Berta

Places

• Bert (Allier ), a town in France

Bearers of the name

First name

• Bert Bilzer (1913-1980), German art historian
• Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), German poet and dramatist, see Bertolt Brecht
• Bert De Cleyn (1917-1990), Belgian footballer
• Bert Gerresheim (* 1935), German sculptor
• Bert Kaempfert (1923-1980), German musician
• Bert Layne (1889-1982), American Fiddler
• Bert Rürup (* 1943), German economist
• Bert Sakmann (* 1942), German physicians
• Bert Trautmann (1923-2013), German football player
• Bert Wollersheim (* 1951), German brothel owners

Family name

• Eddie Bert (1922-2012), American jazz trombonist
• Jacques Bertrand, pen name of Jacques Sternberg (1923-2006), Belgian writer
• Jacques Bertrand (actor) (actually Gilbert Cullen, born 1937 ), Swiss actor
• Lore Bert ( b. 1936 ), German artist
• Paul Bert (1833-1886), French physiologist and politician
• Sascha Bert (* 1976), German racing driver

Artist Name

• Bert Cindy & Bert (1945-2012), German pop singer

Art figures

• Bert from Bert and Ernie, character from Sesame Street
• Bert Ljung from the children's book series Berts disasters

Variations of Bert as part of the name of other names

Adelbert, Albert, Aribert, Bertolt, Bertold, Bertrand, Charibert, Colbert, Cunibert, Scrooge, Dilbert, Eckhart, Ebert, Egbert, precious Bert, Engbert, Engelbert, Fred Bert, Fried Bert, Gilbert ( first name ), Gisbert, Gosbert, Helmbert, Herbert, Heribert, Hubert, Huebert, Humbert, Ingbert, Cunibert, Lambert, Maibert, Norbert, Osbert, Rigobert, Robert, Siegbert, Wendl Ebert, Bert Wendel, Wigbert, Wilbert, Wolf Bert, Bert Wulf

• Male first name
• Short form ( first name )
• Family name