Bertrand
Around 75 Polish men carry it, and no boy has been given it this century: the newborn count has sat at zero every year since 2000. Germanic at root, from words for "bright raven".
Bertrand Pronunciation
Bertrand is pronounced BERT-rahnt (/ˈbɛrtrant/).
What Bertrand means
Where Bertrand comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bertrand comes from two Germanic words, beraht, "bright," and hraban, "raven." Together they read as jasny kruk, a bright raven. The raven was no dark omen to the people who first used the name. In Germanic tradition the bird stood for a sharp eye and a keen mind.
The name found its warmest home in France. A medieval bishop, Saint Bertrand de Comminges, gave his name to a town in the Pyrenees that still bears it. Around 1200 the troubadour Bertrand de Born wrote fierce war poems in Occitan, and Dante later placed him in the Inferno for it. French cinema kept the name in use through the director Bertrand Tavernier.
Polish registers know it too. On a class list or an urząd form, Bertrand stands out among the Marcins and Piotrs. It has no diminutive to soften it. You say the whole thing.
The meaning holds steady: jasny, bright, and kruk, the raven.
When Bertrand celebrates name day
Bertrand appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 9 June.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Bertrand
1 in 284616 men in Poland is named Bertrand. 75 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4121 among male names.
Bertrand as a middle name
Bertrand is a first name for 75 men in Poland and a middle name for another 38, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1295th, between Amos (38) and Bilal (38).
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#1293 Agustín38
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#1294 Amos38
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#1295 Bertrand38
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#1296 Bilal38
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#1297 Boleslaw38