Bert

  • [ BURT (English), BERT (German, Dutch) ]
  • English, German, Dutch
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

ALBERT   male   English, French, Catalan, German, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Romanian, Hungarian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was common among medieval German royalty. The Normans introduced it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Æðelberht. Though it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was repopularized in the 19th century by the German-born Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

This name was borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium. Other famous bearers include the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus (1913-1960), a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Adelbert, Albert, Albertus
ENGLISH: Albert, Ethelbert, Herbert
GERMAN: Adalbert, Adelbert, Albert, Albrecht, Berthold
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Adalberht, Adalbert, Albert, Albertus, Berhtoald, Haribert
ANGLO-SAXON: Æþelbeorht, Æðelberht
CATALAN: Albert
DANISH: Albert, Bertil
DUTCH: Abe, Bert, Brecht, Elbert
ENGLISH: Al, Bert, Bertie, Delbert, Herb, Herbie
FINNISH: Alpertti, Altti, Pertti
FRENCH: Albert, Aubert, Herbert
FRISIAN: Abbe, Abe
GALICIAN: Alberte
GERMAN: Bert
HUNGARIAN: Albert
ICELANDIC: Albert
ITALIAN: Adalberto, Alberto, Berto, Bertoldo
LIMBURGISH: Albaer, Baer, Bèr
LITHUANIAN: Albertas
NORWEGIAN: Albert, Bertil
POLISH: Adalbert, Albert, Herbert
PORTUGUESE: Adalberto, Alberto, Herberto, Heriberto
ROMANIAN: Albert
RUSSIAN: Albert
SLOVENE: Herbert
SPANISH: Adalberto, Alberto, Berto, Herberto, Heriberto
SWEDISH: Albert, Bertil
FEMININE FORMS
DANISH: Alberte
DUTCH: Albertina, Brechtje, Tina, Tineke
ENGLISH: Alberta, Bertina
FRENCH: Alberte, Albertine
GERMAN: Alberta, Albertina
ITALIAN: Alberta, Albertina, Tina
POLISH: Alberta
PORTUGUESE: Alberta, Albertina