Bertrand (name) explained

Bertrand is a given name and surname. In German, the name derives from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven") or rand ("rim of shield").

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 Cantat (born 1964), French songwriter, singer, and musician
• 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 (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
• Bertrand Nagymartoni, Aragonese-Hungarian nobleman
• Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born 1941), member of the Imperial House of Brazil
• Bertrand Owundi (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
• Bertrand de Poulengy, 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 Bell, a human fighter character in the D&D web series Critical Role
• 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

Surname

• Alexandre Bertrand (1820–1902), French archaeologist
• Alexandre Jacques François Bertrand (1795–1831), French physician
• Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French poet
• Antoine de Bertrand, 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
• JD Bertrand (born 2000), American football player
• 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
• Leopoldo Bertrand (born 1943), Spanish military engineer and 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 (1953–2022), Canadian politician
• Robert R. Bertrand (1906–2002), American sound engineer
• Rosaire Bertrand (born 1936), 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

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/bertrand Bertrand surname distribution