Bertram

### Caption

Sir Bertram Ramsay, British admiral who became one of the most important British military commanders of all time.

## Origin

### Word / Name

Indo-European
**Germanic**

## Other Names

### See Also

Robert, Albert, Herbert, Humbert, Bertrand, Cuthbert

**Bertram** is a Germanic masculine given name. It is a derivative from the Germanic elements *berht*, meaning "bright" and *hramn*, meaning "raven". It is also in use as a surname. People with the given name and surname include:

**Given name**:

* Bertram (Archdeacon of Armagh) (fl. 13th century), Irish Roman Catholic cleric, Archdeacon of Armagh from 1256 to at least 1261
* Master Bertram, or Bertram of Minden (c. 1340–1414/1415), German Gothic painter
* Bertram Benedict (c. 1892 - 1978), American author and editor
* Bertram A. Bone, high ranking military officer in the US army
* A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984), science fiction author
* Bertram Clements (1913-2000), English footballer
* Bertram Cunningham (1871-1944), British Anglican priest and academic
* Bertram Forer (1914–2000), American psychologist
* Bert Freeman (Bertram Clewley Freeman, 1885–1955), English footballer
* Bertram Goode (born 1886), English footballer
* C. Bertram Hartman (1882-1960), American landscape painter
* Bertram Heyn (1912-1998), 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
* Bertram "Bert" Hoffmeister, Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Otterlo
* Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945), British Royal Navy commander, one of the principal commanders of Dunkirk evacuation, Channel Dash, Operation Overlord and Normandy landings
* Bertram de Shotts (1467-1505), Highwayman and Giant
* Bertram Stevens (politician) (1889–1973), Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales between 1932 and 1939
* Bertram Türpe (born 1952), German Olympic swimmer
* Bertram Wallis (1874-1952), English actor and singer

**Surname**:

* Adolf Bertram (1859–1945), Archbishop of Breslau and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Alexander Charles Bertram (1852—1908), Canadian businessman and journalist
* Charles Bertram (1723–1765), English literary impostor and forger
* Elsie Bertram (1912–2003), English bookseller
* Ernest Bertram, English footballer
* George Bertram (disambiguation), several people
* Hans Bertram (1906-1993), German aviation pioneer
* Helen Bertram (1865-1953), American actress and singer
* Horst Bertram (born 1948), German footballer
* John Bertram (disambiguation), several people
* Julia Bertram (born 1989), 2012/13 German Wine Queen
* Laura Bertram (born 1978), Canadian actress
* Ossie Bertram (1909-1983), Australian rules footballer
* Ron Bertram (1924–2014), Australian politician
* Sören Bertram (born 1991), German footballer
* Tom Bertram (born 1977), English field hockey player
* Tom Bertram (footballer) (born 1987), German footballer
* Ute Bertram (born 1961), German politician

**Fictional characters**:

* Bertram (*Family Guy*), a character on the TV series *Family Guy*
* Bertram (*Fire Emblem*), a character in *Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance*
* Bertram Wilberforce Wooster (Bertie Wooster), a character from the *Jeeves* series by P. G. Wodehouse
* Bertram, a character from *Havelok the Dane*
* Bertram, Count of Rousillon, a character from *All's Well That Ends Well*
* Bertram "Bert" Cooper, a character on *Mad Men*
* Bertram, a character from the Disney Channel series *Jessie*
* Bertram, Sir Thomas and Lady, characters in Jane Austen's novel *Mansfield Park*
* Bertram, Godfrey, a character from Walter Scott's novel *Guy Mannering*
* Bertram Baxter, a character from Sue Townsend's series *Adrian Mole*
* Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering Jr., a character on *The Knick*
* Gale Bertram, from the TV series *The Mentalist*
* Bertram Grover Weeks, a character from *The Sandlot*
* Bertram Gilfoyle, a character from *Silicon Valley*
* Bertram, a character from *Thomas and Friends*
* Bertram Lupov, a character from Isaac Asimov's short story *The Last Question*

## References

https://www.behindthename.com/name/bertram