Bert

Where Bert comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bert.

Bert through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #47 among boys with 348 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #114.
  3. 1942
    Bert Sakmann born
    German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize)
  4. 1952
    Bert van Marwijk born
    Dutch football manager
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Bert Sakmann · German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize), born 1942
  • Bert van Marwijk · Dutch football manager, born 1952
  • Bert Trautmann · German association football player and coach, 1923–2013
  • Bert Hellinger · catholic priest and psychotherapist, 1925–2019
  • Bert Ira Gordon · American filmmaker, 1922–2023

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.