# Bertrand (name)

Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven") or rand ("rim of shield").

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 56.3% of all known bearers of the surname Bertrand were residents of France (frequency 1:902), 13.4% of Canada (1:2,103), 12.5% of the United States (1:22,092), 6.2% of Belgium (1:1,416) and 4.1% of Haiti (1:1,991).
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:902) in the following regions:
* 1. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1:675)
* 2. Occitanie (1:686)
* 3. Grand Est (1:693)
* 4. Centre-Val de Loire (1:722)
* 5. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (1:748)
* 6. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:792)
* 7. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:836)

## Given name

* Bertrand Baguette (born 1986), Belgian racing driver
* Bertrand Barère (1755–1841), French politician, freemason and journalist, one of the members of National Convention and leaders of Reign of Terror
* Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube (late twelfth-early thirteenth century), French poet
* Bertrand Berry (born 1975), American football player
* Bertrand Blier (1939–2025), French director and screenwriter
* Bertrand Cantat (born 1964), French songwriter, singer, and musician
* Bertrand Clausel (1772–1842), Marshal of France, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Days War and Battle of Salamanca
* Bertrand of Comminges (1050–1126), saint and Bishop of Comminges
* Bertrand Crasson (born 1971), Belgian footballer
* Bertrand Damaisin (born 1968), French judoka
* Bertrand Delanoë (born 1950), French politician
* Bertrand Gachot (born 1962), Franco-Belgian racing driver
* Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320 – 1380), Constable of France
* Bertrand H. Hoak (1917–1987), New York state senator
* Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903–1987), French philosopher and political economist
* Bertrand Lacaste (1897–1994), French clergyman and bishop
* Bertrand Meyer (born 1950), computer scientist and author
* Bertrand Nagymartoni (fl. 1243–1276), Aragonese-Hungarian nobleman
* Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born 1941), member of the Imperial House of Brazil
* Bertrand Owundi (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
* Bertrand de Poulengy (fl. c. 1392–1456), French nobleman
* Bertrand Ract-Madoux (born 1953), French Army general
* Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate
* Bertrand Serlet, a senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc.
* Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer

### Fictional characters

* Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in A Series of Unfortunate Events
* Bertrand Bell, a human fighter character in the D&D web series Critical Role
* Bertrand Caillet, the protagonist of Guy Endore's novel The Werewolf of Paris
* Bertrand, a monkey in the fable of The Monkey and the Cat
* Bertrand de Gervaise, a character in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

## Surname

* Alexandre Bertrand (1820–1902), French archaeologist
* Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795–1831), French physician
* Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French poet
* Antoine de Bertrand (c. 1540 – c. 1580), French composer
* Charles Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people
* Christophe Bertrand (1981–2010), French composer
* Claude Bertrand (actor) (1919–1986), French actor
* Claudine Bertrand (born 1948), Canadian educator and poet
* Émile Bertrand (1844–1909), French mineralogist
* Gabriel Bertrand (1867–1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist
* Gustave Bertrand (1896–1976), French intelligence officer
* Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality
* Guy Bertrand (chemist), professor at UC Riverside and carbene specialist
* Guy Bertrand (lawyer), Québec lawyer and political activist
* Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773–1844), French general (First Empire)
* Henri Bertrand (entomologist) (1892–1978), French entomologist
* Jacob Bertrand (born 2000), American actor
* JD Bertrand (born 2000), American football player
* Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec (1968–1970)
* Jean-Michel Bertrand (1943–2008), French politician
* John Bertrand (Australian sailor) (born 1946), Australian yachtsman
* Joseph Bertrand (1822–1900), French mathematician
* Julie Winnefred Bertrand (1891–2007), one-time oldest recognized woman in the world
* Léon Bertrand (born 1951), French politician
* Leopoldo Bertrand (born 1943), Spanish military engineer and politician
* Louis Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
* Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847–1907), French geologist
* Marcheline Bertrand, (1950–2007) American actress of French-Canadian descent and mother of Angelina Jolie
* Marianne Bertrand, Belgian economist at the University of Chicago
* Paul Bertrand (1879–1944), French botanist
* Plastic Bertrand (born 1958), Belgian singer
* Raymond Bertrand de Got (1264–1314), became Pope Clement V
* Robert Bertrand (1953–2022), Canadian politician
* Robert R. Bertrand (1906–2002), American sound engineer
* Rosaire Bertrand (born 1936), Canadian politician
* Ryan Bertrand (born 1989), English footballer
* Sylvia Judith Bertrand (1930–2009), Dominican civil servant
* Xavier Bertrand (born 1965), French politician
* Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 1946), French photographer
* Yves Bertrand (1944–2013), French intelligence officer