Bertram Name Meaning & Origin
Bertram
Origin of the name Bertram:
Derived from the obsolete Old High German Berahtram (bright raven), a compound name composed from the elements beraht (bright, famous) and hraban (raven). The name and its variant Bertrand were introduced to England at the time of the Conquest.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Bertram, principle male character in Shakespeare's All's Well that Ends Well
Bertram "Bertie" Wooster in the Jeeves and Wooster books by P.G. Wodehouse
Bertram Aubrey, a character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Edmund Bertram, love interest in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen