Bertha

The tough main character in the novel “Bertha and the Black Cats ” by Gail O. Dellslee.

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, & Shining Pearl, Bertha is a member of the Elite Four. She uses Ground-type Pokémon.

Bertha Wilson, CC, FRSC (1923 – 2007), was a Canadian jurist and the first female puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Before her ascension to Canada's highest court, she was the first female associate and partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and the first woman appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario. During her time at Osler, she created the first in-firm research department in the Canadian legal industry.

Dame Albertha Isaacs, DBE, [known as Bertha Isaacs] (née Hanna; 1900 – 1997) was a Bahamian teacher, tennis player, women's rights activist and politician. After a career as an elementary school teacher, she played on the international tennis circuit, winning both singles and doubles titles in the 1930s.

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Returning to the Bahamas, she became involved in the women's suffrage movement in the country, helping gain the vote in 1962. She was the second woman to be appointed as a Senator in the Bahamas and the first woman to be awarded the honorary title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. An annual trophy awarded at the Commonwealth Caribbean Lawn Tennis Championship bears her name. In 2012 on the fiftieth anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, the Bahamian government created a series of postage stamps to honor the women at the forefront of the movement. Isaacs appeared on a 70 cent stamp.

Bertha Pallan Thurston Cody (née Parker; 1907 – 1978) was a Native American archaeologist, working as an assistant in archaeology at the Southwest Museum. She is thought to be the first Native American female archaeologist of Abenaki and Seneca descent.

Tucker Budzyn once referred once referred to Linda as “Big Bertha”.

Bertha Big Jeans was Chrissy Seaver's stuffed bear on the TV show "Growing Pains".

Bertha was a song played by the Grateful Dead.

Bertha "Bea" Sieg was a teenager who's remains were discovered in 1994 in Dallas, Texas. She was identified in 2016.

Bertha Gifford was a farm wife in rural Catawissa, Missouri during the early 1900s who was accused of murdering 17 members of the local community. Some consider her to be America's third female serial killer, behind Lydia Sherman and Jane Toppan.

Bertha was the youngest daughter of Berengar I, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Bertila.

Bertha (830-852) was the daughter of Lothair I and his wife Ermengarde of Tours.

Bertha was also one of Charlemagne's daughters, named after her grandmother.

Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) was an Austrian novelist, peace activist, and the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

In L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" series, Anne's mother, who died when Anne was an infant, was named Bertha, and Anne considers it "a lovely name" for this reason. She eventually gives it to her youngest daughter, Bertha Marilla.

'Big Bertha' is both the slang term for a fat woman and the name of the Howitzer gun, used in the First World War - hence the name's unpopularity in recent decades. The gun itself was named after Bertha Krupp (1886-1957), whose family were arms manufacturers based in Essen, Germany.

It was mentioned Big Bertha was a term for a fat woman and then mentioned the World War I cannon. This is a bit backwards, because the World War I cannon and its fame was the cause of Bertha becoming stereotyped as a fat woman. Fictional characters named Bertha have often been not just fat but also loud and obnoxious, like a cannon. As one of the most popular names of Victorian times, Bertha would probably be returning to popularity now in the USA along with other names like Hazel, Mabel, Emma, etc., if it were not for the fact that its image has been cemented as "fat" by the constant reuse of the term "Big Bertha" for various fictional characters and commerical products (such as golf clubs) over the years. It is so bad to be fat in modern culture that Bertha hasn't been able to be revived along with other Victorian names.

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It is interesting, though, that one of the main characters of the HBO series "The Gilded Age" is a nouveau riche socialite in New York City in 1882 named Bertha Russell, played by actress Carrie Coon. It is a rare instance of writers giving a character a name appropriate for the time even though it has a very different image today. However, the character, who is about age 40, would actually have been an early Bertha in terms of its 19th century popularity. The peak of the name was 1883, the year after the series begins, so it really would have been a bit more accurate to have a baby or young girl named Bertha in "The Gilded Age" rather than a middle-aged social climber. It will certainly be interesting to see if the character can have any positive impact on the use of the name, overcoming its stereotypical "fat and loud" image.

A famous bearer of this name was the late female wrestler Bertha Faye.

Bertha Pappenheim was the real name of Anna O., hysterical patient of famous psychoanalyst Josef Breuer. She's also Doctor Breuer's obsession in the book "When Nietzsche Wept", by Irvin D. Yalom.

Bertha was one of the maids in Gosford Park. Hmmm, I don't really like this name.

Bertha of the Big Foot was Charlemagne's mother.

Bertha is Edward Rochester's first wife in "Jane Eyre". She has gone mad and Mr. Rochester keeps her locked up in the top of their house. She is insanely jealous of Jane once she finds out that Jane is marrying Mr. Rochester. An interesting character.

In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Bertha Jorkins is a secondary character.

Saint Bertha was a 7th-century abbess in Blangy, France. Her feast is July 4.