Bertha

From Old High German berhta (“bright one”), which was an epithet of the goddess Frigg.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝθə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːθə/

Bertha

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1858, Henry Wadswoth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish:

     You are the beautiful Bertha, the spinner, the queen of Helvetia; / She whose story I read at a stall in the streets of Southampton

   • 1921, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside, Echo Library, published 2006, →ISBN, page 12:

     Why couldn't they have called her by her first name, Bertha, which was beautiful and dignified, instead of that silly "Rilla"?

   • 1983, Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard's Egg, McCleland-Bantam, →ISBN, page 135:

     "No wonder she never gets anywhere with a name like Bertha," Sally said, while having coffee afterwards with two of the other night-coursers. "It goes with her outfits, though." ( Bertha sports the macrame look, with health-food sandals and hand-weave skirts that don't do a thing for her square figure, [...])

2. Alternative form of Perchta (“goddess in Alpine paganism”)

• bareth, bather, breath

Bertha (f)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha

• Berta

• Audio

  (file)

Bertha f (proper noun, genitive Berthas, plural Berthas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha