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Bert is a short form of numerous male Germanic forenames such as Adalbert, Albert, Berthold, Bertrand, Bertram, Herbert, Humbert, Norbert and Robert, and originally means "bright" (from PIE *bhereg-,"white, bright"). It also occurs in many surnames, some used as both a surname and a forename.

Contents 1 People 1.1 Characters 2 Name 3 See also

[edit] People

• Bertolt Brecht, also Bert Brecht, German dramatist
• Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader
• Bert Koenders, a Dutch politician
• Bert McCracken, lead singer of alternative/screamo band The Used
• Bert Newton, an Australian entertainer often referred to simply as "Bert"
• Bert Sakmann, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Medicine
• Bert Trautmann, football player
• Paul Bert, French physiologist

[edit] Characters

• Bert (Sesame Street), a Muppet character (of Bert and Ernie) on PBS' long-running children's television show Sesame Street
• Bert Ljung, a fictional character in the Bert diaries
• Bert (Mary Poppins), a Cockney chimney sweep in the book series & Disney film Mary Poppins
• Bert Raccoon, a lead character in TV series The Raccoons.
• Bert (Cars), a character in the movie Cars

[edit] Name

• Male: Bertel, Berti, Bertil, Bertie, Bertl, Berte, Brecht, Bright, (Berto {Romanic})
• Female: Berta, Bertha, Bertrada, Bertina, Bertila

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Further male first names with the name component of "Bert"

• Adalbert
• Adelbert
• Aethelbert
• Agilbert
• Ailbert
• Albert (incl. Albrecht, Albright, etc)
• Alembert
• Angilbert
• Aribert
• Aubert
• Bertachar
• Berthar
• Bertila
• Berthold, Bertolt, Bertold, Berthoald, Bertoald
• Bertram
• Bertrand
• Byrhtnoth
• Caribert
• Charibert
• Childebert
• Chrodobert, Crodobert, Crodebert
• Colbert, Culbert
• Cunibert
• Cuthbert
• Dagobert
• Dalbert
• Danbert
• Darbert
• Delbert
• Derbert
• Dilbert
• Eckbert
• Ebert
• Ebertram
• Egbert
• Edelbert
• Elbert
• Emebert
• Engelbert
• Ethelbert
• Flaubert
• Filbert, Filibert
• Fredbert
• Friedbert
• Galbert
• Gaubert
• Gausbert
• Gerbert
• Gilbert
• Giselbert
• Gishbert
• Gosbert
• Godebert
• Godbert
• Gottbert
• Guibert
• Guilbert
• Gumbert
• Guthbert
• Harbert
• Helmbert
• Herbert
• Heribert
• Hubert
• Hucbert
• Hugibert
• Hugobert
• Humbert
• Ingbert
• Ingelbert, Inglebert
• Jaubert
• Kunibert
• Lambert
• Lambertus
• Liutbert
• Maibert
• Nordebert
• Nordbert
• Norbert
• Osbert
• Philibert, Philbert
• Radbert
• Rembert
• Rigobert
• Rigbert
• Robert (incl. Rupert, etc)
• Seibert
• Siebert
• Siegbert
• Sigebert
• Sigibert
• Sigobert
• Suitbert
• Talbert
• Thalbert
• Tahlbert
• Theudebert
• Valdebert
• Valbert
• Walbert
• Waldebert
• Wendlebert, Wendelbert
• Wigbert
• Wilbert
• Wolfbert
• Wulfbert

[edit] See also

• Bert (disambiguation), includes BERT
• Bart (disambiguation)
• Berth (disambiguation)
• Birt (disambiguation)
• Burt (disambiguation)

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