Bertha facts for kids

The name Bertha is a girl's name with a long history. It comes from an old German word, berhta, which means "the bright one." People have used this name since the 500s! While it's not super common for girls today, you might hear it used for tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean.

Famous People Named Bertha

Many important people throughout history have been named Bertha. Here are a few:

• Bertha of Holland (around 1055–1093) was a queen of France.
• Bertha of Sulzbach (1110–1159) was an empress in the Byzantine Empire.
• Bertha Brainard (1890–1946) was a leader in early television. She helped shape how TV worked in its beginning years.
• Bertha Knight Landes (1868–1943) was the first woman to be mayor of a big American city, Seattle, Washington.
• Bertha Runkle (1879–1958) was an American writer who wrote novels and plays.
• Bertha Sánchez (born 1978) is a long-distance runner from Colombia.
• Bertha Wilson (1923–2007) was the first woman to become a Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.

Saints Named Bertha

Some people named Bertha are also known as saints, which means they were very important religious figures.

• Saint Bertha of Kent (539–around 612) was a queen in England.
• Saint Bertha of Val d'Or (died around 690) was an abbess, a leader of a group of nuns.
• Saint Bertha of Artois (mid-600s – July 4, 725) was also an abbess.
• Saint Bertha of Bingen (active around 840) was the mother of another saint, Saint Rupert of Bingen.

Places Named Bertha

The name Bertha has also been used for different places around the world:

• Bertha, California, a former settlement in the United States.
• Bertha, Minnesota, a city in the United States.
• Bertha, Virginia, a small community in the United States.
• Bertha, West Virginia, another small community in the United States.
• Bertha Township, a local area in Todd County, Minnesota.
• Bertha (Perth), an old Roman fort in Scotland.
• Bertha Island, an island in Antarctica.

Astronomy

• 154 Bertha is the name of an asteroid, a small rocky object that orbits the Sun.