Bertram

• Batterham (surname)

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) +‎ *hrabnaz (“raven”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːtɹəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜɹtɹəm/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɹəm

Bertram

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

• c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

  Be thou blest, Bertram; and succeed thy father
  In manners, as in shape!

• 1979, Catherine Aird, Some Die Eloquent, Doubleday, published 1980, →ISBN, page 77:

  "He doesn't use Bertram," Sloan informed him. "They told me at the bank."
  "Don't blame him."
  "He's always known as George."
  "Never Bertram," noted Leeyes. "People can be funny about Christian names."

• Rambert

Bertram

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bertram
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrtram/, [ˈbɛʁtʁam]

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• Hyphenation: Bert‧ram

Bertram

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Bertram

Bertram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bertrams or (with an article) Bertram, feminine genitive Bertram, plural Bertrams)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

From Middle High German bërtram, bërhtram, from Old High German berhtram, from Latin pyrethrum and influenced by the male given name, from Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).

• Berchtram (archaic)

Bertram m (strong, genitive Bertrams, no plural)

1. pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum)

• → English: bertram
• → Polish: bertram
• → Russian: бертрам (bertram)