English and French: from the Germanic personal name Berto, a
short form of the various compound personal names formed with
berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’ (see for example Berthold,
Bertholf, and Bertram).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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