Bertha

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Bertha is a female given name, which is derived from an Old German word that meant "bright". Because of its association with large artillery from World War I (see below), it now frequently has negative connotations of obesity in English speaking countries.

It can also refer to:

• a kind of collar or cape worn by ladies
• Berchta, figure in South German mythology

[edit] People named Bertha

• Bertha of Kent (539-c. 612), queen of Kent
• Saint Bertha of Val d'Or (d. c. 690), abbess
• Bertrada of Laon (also called Bertha with the big feet) (720 – July 12, 783), Frankish queen
• Saint Bertha of Bingen (fl. c. 840?), mother of Saint Rupert of Bingen
• Saint Bertha of Artois (d. c. 725), daughter of Count Rigobert
• Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne
• Bertha, daughter of Lothair II
• Bertha of Burgundy, queen of France
• Bertha of Holland, queen of France
• Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine empress
• Bertha of Swabia, queen of Burgundy
• Bertha von Putelendorf, Saxon noble
• Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist and pacifist
• Blessed Bertha de Bardi Florence; (d. 24 March 1163)
• Sándor Bertha (August 19, 1843 - November 24, 1912), Hungarian composer

[edit] Non-human Berthas

• Big Bertha (Howitzer) ("Dicke Bertha"), nickname of several World War I artillery weapons
• Big Bertha (drum), the so-called "largest drum in the world", owned by the Longhorn Band of the University of Texas at Austin
• Bertha (TV series), a stop-motion animated BBC children's series of 13 parts
• Hurricane Bertha, Atlantic hurricane in 1996
• Hurricane Bertha (disambiguation) for other storms named
• "Bertha (song)", by the Grateful Dead
• Bertha (Rorem), an opera by Ned Rorem.
• 154 Bertha, an asteroid.
• Bertha, Minnesota
• Bertha Township, Minnesota

[edit] See also

• Berta
• Big Bertha