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Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish Berta.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bertta
- a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha
1988, Ella Ojala, Pitkä kotimatka, Tammi, published 2005, →ISBN, page 300:- Meidän Bertta se on potra tyttö, vaikkei ihan aina ole ruoka-aikaan kotonakaan, Ukko Barndik kehaisi miniäänsä. - Eikä sillä ole ihan tavallinen nimikään. Niinkuin ei ole meidän sukunimikään tavallinen.- - Our Bertta is a lively girl, even if she's not always home at dinner, Ukko Barndik praised her daughter-in-law. - And her name isn't usual either, nor is our surname.
2016, Niina Hakalahti, Lumilinna, Karisto, →ISBN, page 58:- Minkäs ikäisiä sun lapset nyt onkaan?
- Bertta on kuus ja Johannes yhdeksän.
Kalliovaara oli varmasti harkinnut lasten nimiä pitkään ja päätynyt turvallisiin mutta tyylikkään vanhahtaviin nimiin.- - How old were your children again?
- Bertta is six and Johannes nine years old.
Kalliovaara must've surely thought about the names for a long time and decided on safe but stylish, somewhat old-fashioned, name.
- The letter B in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
Usage notes
- Fairly popular as a given name in early 20th century.
Declension
Statistics
- Bertta is the 529th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 593 female individuals (and as a middle name to 359 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.