Entry № 0357 · Old Germanic origin

Bertha Bertha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BUR-thah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Old Germanic

Meaning

"Bright (Queen of Kent, mother of Christian England)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Old Germanic)

The meaning

A name that means "bright (queen of kent, mother of christian england)".

Bertha is from the Old Germanic beraht (bright). **Bertha of Kent (c. 565-c. 601)** — Merovingian Frankish princess who **married Æthelberht of Kent, becoming the first Christian queen in Anglo-Saxon England**. **Her presence prepared the ground for Augustine of Canterbury's 597 mission** — she had brought her chaplain and Christian worship to Kent decades earlier. **The mother of Christian England.**

Featured in Bede's *Ecclesiastical History*.

Bright. The Frankish queen of Kent who prepared the ground for Augustine of Canterbury.

Popularity

Where Bertha stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Bertha · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Berthas before her.

Real people

Bertha of Kent

Queen of Kent.

c. 565 – c. 601

In fiction

Bertha

Bede's Ecclesiastical History.

Names connected to Bertha.

Numerology

The number behind Bertha.

The Diplomat

Bertha reduces to two — the number of Christian England's mother.

Parents on Bertha

Why families chose this name.

"Christian Kent. Six letters. Bertha."

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