Surname Spotlight: Bertrāns

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Bertrāns usually leads back to Bertrand. The name is usually explained as “Bright raven”. Before spelling was fixed, Bertrand was also written Bertrāns. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Bertran, Bertrant and Beltrand.

Arms linked to Bertrand and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Bertrāns report, with a museum-style coat of arms.