Details for the forename Bert

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Bert (male)


Diminutive for:	Adelbert (M) Albert (M) Bertram (M) Bertrand (M) Gijsbert (M) Gilbert (M) Herbert (M) Hubert (M) Hubertus (M)
Pet Name(s):	Bertie (M)
Pet Name for:	Osbert (M) Robert (M)
Can be spelt:	Burt (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Private correspondent [TL
Notes:	A generic English pet name for names starting or ending in the element "-bert-" [see examples above]. We understand that this pet name is also used in the same way Dutch-speaking communities. There is no connection with the female name Bertha.