What do you think of Bertha?

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What do you think of Bertha as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

mad woman in attic

Blöödy awful.

I don't like it.

Conjures up image of a very big fat lady....

Bertha, lovely Bertha

Poor first Mrs Rochester.

Or Big Bertha

Big Bertha.

She would not thank you for it.

Mad or big

Definitely a fat name.

Oh no!!! Don't do it.

ooh

Her peers wouldn't know about the woman in the attic or Big Bertha would they?
I think this is prettier than Martha.

But it's just a bit of a joke name, generally. It's like Gertude or something. I think the kids would come home and tell their parents about their new classmate Bertha, and the parents' reactions would influence their view of the name even if the kids thought it was fine before. "Big Bertha" just seems to be a cliche now; I only found out recently that it refers to a weapon (? or a tank, was it?) - it's become a common phrase like "Plain Jane".

Dreadful.

To be fair, it is quite nice in other languages where it's pronounced "Bear-tah", but the English "Burth-uh" is horrid.

It's a Doris sort of name.
It's my Aunty Bertha's name. Obviously. Size of a house.

but imagine if she's chubby, you can't land that on a child.

I think it's pretty actually, reminds me of blossoms for some reason. Bit like Martha, a nice soft name.

Awful. No no no.

What about Roberta and then you can call her Bertha as a shortened version?? Doesn't seem as horrid when it is a shortened version for some reason

No - fat springs to mind for me too