Bertrand (name)

Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven") or rand ("rim of shield").^{[citation needed]}

Geographical distribution[]

As of 2014, 56.3% of all known bearers of the surname Bertrand were residents of France (frequency 1:902), 13.4% of Canada (1:2,103), 12.5% of the United States (1:22,092), 6.2% of Belgium (1:1,416) and 4.1% of Haiti (1:1,991).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:902) in the following regions:^[1]

1. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1:675)
2. Occitanie (1:686)
3. Grand Est (1:693)
4. Centre-Val de Loire (1:722)
5. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (1:748)
6. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:792)
7. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:836)

Given name[]

Bertrand Baguette (born 1986), Belgian racing driver
Bertrand Barère (1755–1841), French politician, freemason and journalist, one of the members of National Convention and leaders of Reign of Terror
Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube (late twelfth-early thirteenth century), French poet
Bertrand Berry (born 1975), American football player
Bertrand Blier (born 1939), a French director and screenwriter
Bertrand Clausel (1772–1842), Marshal of France, one of the principal commanders of Hundred Days War and Battle of Salamanca
Bertrand of Comminges (1050–1126), saint and Bishop of Comminges
Bertrand Crasson (born 1971), Belgian footballer
Bertrand Damaisin (born 1968), French judoka
Bertrand Delanoë (born 1950), French politician
Bertrand Gachot (born 1962), Franco-Belgian racing driver
Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320-1380), Constable of France
Bertrand H. Hoak (1917–1987), New York state senator
Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903-1987), French philosopher and political economist
Bertrand Lacaste (1897–1994), French clergyman and bishop
Bertrand Meyer (born 1950), computer scientist and author
Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born 1941), member of the Imperial House of Brazil
Bertrand Owundi (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
Bertrand de Poulengy (fl. c. 1392-1456), French nobleman
Bertrand Ract-Madoux (born 1953), French Army general
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate
Bertrand Serlet, a senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc.
Bertrand Tavernier, a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer

Fictional characters[]

Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in A Series of Unfortunate Events
Bertrand Caillet, the protagonist of Guy Endore's novel The Werewolf of Paris
Bertrand, a monkey in the fable of The Monkey and the Cat
Bertrand de Gervaise, a character in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

Surname[]

Alexandre Bertrand (1820–1902), French archaeologist
Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795–1831), French physician
Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French poet
Antoine de Bertrand (c. 1540 – c. 1580), French composer
Charles Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people
Christophe Bertrand (1981-2010), French composer
Claude Bertrand (actor) (1919–1986), French actor
Claudine Bertrand (born 1948), Canadian educator and poet
Émile Bertrand (1844–1909), French mineralogist
Gabriel Bertrand (1867–1962), French biochemist and bacteriologist
Gustave Bertrand (1896 – 1976), French intelligence officer
Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality
Guy Bertrand (chemist), professor at UC Riverside and carbene specialist
Guy Bertrand (lawyer), Québec lawyer and political activist
Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773–1844), French general (First Empire)
Henri Bertrand (entomologist) (1892–1978), French entomologist
Jacob Bertrand (born 2000), American actor known for his roles in Cobra Kai and Kirby Buckets.
Jean-Jacques Bertrand (1916–1973), Premier of Quebec (1968–1970)
Jean-Michel Bertrand (1943–2008), French politician
John Bertrand (Australian sailor) (born 1946), Australian yachtsman
Joseph Bertrand (1822–1900), French mathematician
Julie Winnefred Bertrand (1891–2007), one-time oldest recognized woman in the world
Léon Bertrand (born 1951), French politician
Louis Bertrand (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847–1907), French geologist
Marcheline Bertrand, (1950–2007) American actress of French-Canadian descent and mother of Angelina Jolie
Marianne Bertrand, Belgian economist at the University of Chicago
Paul Bertrand (1879–1944), French botanist
Plastic Bertrand (born 1958), Belgian singer
Raymond Bertrand de Got (1264-1314), became Pope Clement V
Robert Bertrand (born 1953), Canadian politician
Ryan Bertrand (born 1989), English footballer
Sylvia Judith Bertrand (1930-2009), Dominican civil servant
Xavier Bertrand (born 1965), French politician
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 1946), French photographer
Yves Bertrand (1944–2013), French intelligence officer

References[]

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