BERTRAM
and the shortened form BERT are from the Teutonic and mean bright raven or illustrious. The raven was, in ancient times, a highly esteemed bird. Although there are no Hawaiian ravens, there is a magnificent Hawaiian crow, the 'ALALA, now very rare and found only on the Big Island of Hawaii. The word 'ALOHI means bright and splendid, so by combining 'ALALA "ALOHI we have bright raven.