name
Bertran
ber-TRAHN
/bɛrˈtrɑːn/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
bertran
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Occitan (southern France, historically Occitania); from Old High German beraht + hraban
- Meaning
- bright raven; shining raven; borne by Bertran de Born, the famous 12th-century troubadour warrior-lord
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Bertrand, Bertrand de Born
Common mispronunciations
Saying BER-tran with stress on the first syllable; stress falls on the second in Occitan
Pronunciation tips
Two syllables; stress on the second 'tran' (long 'an'); the final 'n' is nasalised in Occitan
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