About the Berth Surname

Anyone researching Berth should also look under Barth. The name is generally explained as “Bearded, or from Bartholomäus”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Berth with 238 bearers, at rank 79,846. French birth records list 439 children named Berth between 1891 and 2000. The name became more frequent over the century.
• The two spellings differ in a small detail: Berth has “e” where Barth has “a”.
• Other spellings include Barthl, Barths and Bart.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Barth and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Berth surname pack.