Bartram as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bartram

What is the meaning of the name Bartram ?

The baby name Bartram is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɑːrtrəm/ (BAR-trəm).

Bartram is Norman in Origin.

Bartram is an English given name and surname, a dialectal and surname-formed variant of Bertram. It stems from the Germanic elements berht/beraht “bright, famous” and hraban “raven,” brought into England via Norman French Bertran. The “bright raven” combines renown with the raven’s early Germanic symbolism of insight and protection. Close relatives include German Bertram, French Bertrand, Italian Beltrame, Spanish Beltrán, Portuguese Beltrão, and Occitan Bertran.

In England the form Bartram appears in medieval records and later consolidated as a family name, especially in Northumbria and Yorkshire; the American botanists John and William Bartram helped publicize it abroad. As a given name it enjoyed intermittent use from the 18th to early 20th centuries and is now rare, lending a vintage, scholarly air. Variant spellings include Bartrum and Barthram; diminutives are Bert and Bertie. Medieval feminine counterparts include Bertrada and Bertrande.

⚙ Bartram barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.