Bertin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BER-tin
- Origin
- Germanic
Bertin is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bertin mean?
Germanic: French, from beraht 'bright'
“bright”
Saint Bertin (d. c. 709) was abbot of the monastery at Saint-Omer in northern France.
Is Bertin a girl's or a boy's name?
Bertin is a boys' name.
How popular is Bertin in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Bertin in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bertin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Nicknames for Bertin
- Bert 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bertin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin, Benjamin, Griffin, Boston, Jackson, Westin, Bryson, Jaylen, Mason, Braxton, Gavin, Hudson
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bertin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bertin, updated 20 October 2026.