Bertie (nickname) explained

Bertie is a nickname, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Albert, Bertram, Bertrand, Robert, etc. The nickname may refer to:

People

• Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1841–1910), called "Bertie" by his family after "Albert", one of his given names
• George VI of the United Kingdom (1895–1952), also called "Bertie" by his family
• Bertie Ahern (born 1951), Taoiseach of Ireland (1997–2008)
• Bertie Auld (born 1938), Scottish football player and manager of the Lisbon Lions
• Bertie Bolton (1893–1964), Indian Army and British Army officer, police officer and cricketer
• Bertie Bowman (1931–2023), American congressional staffer
• Egbert Cadbury (1893–1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman
• Bertie Carvel (born 1977), British actor
• Bertie Clarke (1918–1993), West Indian cricketer
• Bertie Coxall (1924–1993), founder of one of the world's first air courier companies
• Bertie Cozic (born 1978), French former footballer
• Bertie Fulton (1906–1979), amateur footballer from Northern Ireland
• Bertie Harragin (1877–1941), West Indian cricketer
• Bertie Higgins (born 1944), American singer-songwriter
• Bertie Higgins (footballer) (born 1945), Scottish footballer
• Bertie Kerr (1896–1973), Irish soccer player
• Bertie King (1912–1981), Jamaican jazz and mento musician
• Bertie Loel (born 1878), Australian rules footballer
• Bertie Marshall (born 1936), pioneer, musician and music instrument maker of the Steel Pan
• Bertie Mee (1918–2001), English football player and manager of Arsenal F.C.
• Bertie Miller (born 1949), former professional footballer
• Bertie Peacock (1928–2004), football player and manager
• Bertie Perkins (1905–1992), English cricketer
• R. M. "Bertie" Smyllie (1893–1954), editor of The Irish Times
• Herbert Sullivan (1868–1928), nephew, heir and biographer of the British composer Arthur Sullivan
• Bertie Troy (1930–2007), Roman Catholic priest and an All-Ireland Hurling Final-winning manager with Cork
• Bertie Wijesinha (1920–2017), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer
• Bertie Wright (1871–1960), British actor of the silent era

Fictional characters

• Roberta "Bertie" Songthrush, one of the main characters from the Netflix/Adult Swim adult animated TV series Tuca & Bertie
• Bertie Wooster, principal character in many novels of P. G. Wodehouse