Berta
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Berta (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,533 |
| 2000 | 3,260 |
| 2001 | 2,967 |
| 2002 | 2,687 |
| 2003 | 2,450 |
| 2004 | 2,262 |
| 2005 | 2,078 |
| 2006 | 1,901 |
| 2007 | 1,705 |
| 2008 | 1,565 |
| 2009 | 1,429 |
| 2010 | 1,285 |
| 2011 | 1,176 |
| 2012 | 1,075 |
| 2013 | 973 |
| 2014 | 882 |
| 2015 | 808 |
| 2016 | 739 |
| 2017 | 681 |
| 2018 | 610 |
| 2019 | 565 |
| 2020 | 510 |
Berta in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Berta.Hi! My name is Berta.
- Berta bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Berta lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Berta har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Berta has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Bertas mamma är lärare.Berta's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Bertas mamma is Berta's mum.
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Questions about Berta
How do you pronounce Berta in Swedish?
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What does the name Berta mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha.
How popular is Berta in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Berta in 2022. In 2020, 510 people in Sweden had Berta as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.