Bartholomew (name)

Bartholomew
	Statue of Bartholomew the Apostle
Pronunciation	originally /ˈbɑːrtəlmi/,; now commonly /bɑːrˈθɒləmjuː/
Gender	Male
Language	Aramaic, Hebrew
Name day	August 24 (Western), June 11 (Eastern)
Origin
Word/name	Ancient Israel
Meaning	son of Talmai
Region of origin	Canaan
Other names
Related names	Bart (diminutive), Barth, Barry (diminutive), Barthélemy, Bartholomäus, Bartholomeus, Bartłomiej, Bartolomé, Bartoloměj, Bartolomeo, Bartolomeu, Bertalan, Ptolemy, Talmai, Varfolomey, Vartholomaios

Bartholomew is a Jewish (generally also Christian) given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai".^[1] Bar is Aramaic for "son", and marks patronyms. Talmai either comes from telem "furrow" or is a Hebrew version of Ptolemy. Thus, Bartholomew is either "son of furrows" (i.e., rich in land) or "son of Ptolemy".

Is English and Scots it's often shortened to Barry or Bart.

In other languages

Albanian: Bartolomeu
Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos)
Arabic: بَرثُولَماوُس (Barthūlamāwus)
Aragonese: Bertolomeu
Aramaic: בר-תולמי (Bar-Tolmi), Tolmi's son
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ ܬܘܼܡܠܲܝ (Bar Tulmay)
Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս (Partoghimeos), IPA: [pʰɑɾtʰɔʁimɛjɔs], Բարդուղիմեոս (Bardughimeos)
Azerbaijani: Bartolumay
Basque: Bartolome
Belarusian: Варфаламей (Varfalamiej)
Bengali: বর্থলময় (Barthalamaẏa)
Bulgarian: Вартоломей (Vartolomeĭ)
Catalan: Bartomeu, Bartolomé, Bertomeu, Tomeu
Cebuano: Bartolome
Chinese: 巴多羅買 (pronounced Baduoluomai); 白 (meaning "white", pronounced Pak in Wade-Giles Cantonese or Bái in Pinyin Mandarin) as a single-character family name
Croatian: Bartolomej, Bartol, Bartul
Czech: Bartoloměj
Danish: Bartolomæus
Dutch: Bartholomeus
English: Bartholomew (full name/formal); Bart (diminutive)
Esperanto: Bartolomé
Faroese: Bartal
Finnish: Perttu, Pertteli or Pärttyli
French: Barthélemy
Galician: Bartolomeu
Georgian: ბართლომე (Bart’lome)
German: Bartholomäus
Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (Bartholomaios, Vartholomaios, Vartholomaíos)
Haitian Creole: Batèlmi
Hebrew: נתנאל (Netan-el), which means "God has given"; בר-תלמי (Bar-Talmai), meaning Talmai's son
Hungarian: Bertalan (given name), Bartal, Bartos, Bartó (last names)
Icelandic: Bartólómeus
Indonesian: Bartolomeus
Irish: Bairtliméad or Parthálan (Parthálan is etymologically unrelated to Bartholomew)
Italian: Bartolomeo
Japanese: バーソロミュー (Bāsoromyū, used in transcription from English name), バルトロマイ (Barutoromai, most popular transcription in Japanese Bible etc.), ワルフォロメイ (Waruforomei, only used in Japanese Orthodox Church)
Javanese: Bartholomayo
Kannada: ಬಾರ್ಥೊಲೊಮೆವ್ (Bārtholomev)
Korean: 바르톨로메오 (Baleutollomyu) (learned); 바돌로메(vernacular)
Latin: Bartholomeus/Bartholomaeus
Latvian: Bartlomejs
Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
Low German: Bartholomäus
Macedonian: Вартоломеј (Bartolomej)
Maltese: Bartoloméw (learned); Bartilméw (vernacular)
Māori: Patoromu
Milanese: Bartolamee
Nepali: बार्थोलोमाइको (Bārthōlōmā'ikō)
Norwegian: Bartolomeus
Persian: بارتولومیو
Peruvian Spanish: Bartuco (vernacular)
Polish: Bartłomiej (masculine version), Bartłomieja (feminine version; rare); Bartosz (masculine) is a separate name that derives from Bartłomiej
Portuguese: Bartolomeu
Provençal: Barthomieu
Punjabi: ਬਰਤੁਲਮਈ (Baratulama'ī)
Romanian: Bartolomeu
Russian: Варфоломей (Varfolomei, Varfolomey)
Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlan (etymologically unrelated to Bartholomew)
Serbian: Вартоломеј (in Serbian Cyrillic), Vartolomej (in Latin script)
Slovak: Bartolomej
Slovene: Jernej
Somali: Bartolomayos
Spanish: Bartolomé, Bartolomeo
Swedish: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus (older transcription)
Tagalog: Bartolome, isa sa mga disipulo ni Hesus (one of Jesus' Disciples)
Tamil: பர்த்தலோமிவ் (Parttalōmiv)
Telugu: బర్తలోమ్యోవ్ (Bartalōmyōv)
Thai: บาร์โธโลมิ (Bār̒ ṭho lomi)
Turkish: Bartalmay, Bartolomeus (older transcription)
Ukrainian: Варфоломій (Varfolomiy)
Urdu: برتلمائی

People with the given name

Bartholomew Albizzi (died 1342), Italian Franciscan hagiographer
Bartholomew the Apostle, Apostle of Jesus
Bartholomew Ashwood (1622–1680), English Puritan divine
Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere (1275–1322), English politician
Bartholomew Ball (1500–1573), Mayor of Dublin, Ireland
Bartholomew (bishop of Várad), Hungarian prelate
Bartholomew (bishop of Veszprém), 13th century Hungarian bishop
Bartholomew Beale (1621–1674), English bureaucrat
Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley (1775–1855), Canadian politician
Bartholomew Binns (1839–1911), 19th-century hangman
Bartholomew of Bologna (missionary) (died 1333), Dominican missionary and bishop
Bartholomew of Bologna (philosopher), Italian philosopher
Bartholomew Booth (1732–1786), American education pioneer
Bartholomew Boriello (1929–1991), New York mobster
Bartholomew Des Bosses (1668–1738), Jesuit theologian and philosopher
Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier (1374–1409), English politician
Bartholomew Bouverie (1753–1835), British politician
Bartholomew of Braga (1514–1590), Portuguese Dominican theologian
Bartholomew of Breganze (c. 1200 – 1271), Italian Catholic bishop
Bartholomew of Brescia (died 1258), Italian canonist
Bartholomew Bretherton (1775–1857), British businessman
Bartholomew Bretherton (jockey) (1812–1866), British jockey
Bartholomew Broadbent (born 1962), British wine expert
Bartholomew Burton (1695–1770), British financier, banker and politician
Bartholomew Yu Chengti (1919–2009), Chinese bishop
Bartholomew Clerke (1537–1590), 16th-century English jurist and politician
Bartholomew Columbus (c.1461–1515), Italian explorer
Bartholomew of San Concordio (1260–1347), Italian jurist
Bartholomew I of Constantinople (born 1940), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since 1991
Bartholomew Crotty (1769–1846), Irish priest and bishop
Bartholomew Dandridge (1737–1785), American 18th century politician
Bartholomew Dandridge (artist) (1691–1755), English painter
Bartholomew Dardanelli (1830–1869), Italian diplomat and entrepreneur
Bartholomew Diggins (1884–1917), US Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
Bartholomew Dillon (died 1533), Irish judge
Bartholomew Dodington (1535–1595), English classical scholar
Bartholomew Dowling (1823–1863), Irish poet
Bartholomew Thomas Duhigg, Irish legal antiquary
Bartholomew of Edessa (1300–1300), Syrian Christian writer
Bartholomew Burghersh the elder (1250–1355), English nobleman and soldier (died 1355)
Bartholomew Embriaco, nobleman of Genoese origin
Bartholomew Esmonde (1789–1862), (1789-1862)
Bartholomew J. Eustace (1887–1956), American prelate
Bartholomew of Exeter, 12th-century Bishop of Exeter
Bartholomew Fallon, 17th-century Irish goldsmith
Bartholomew of Farne (died 1193), English Roman Catholic saint
Bartholomew Frere (1776–1851), English diplomat
Bartholomew Fussell (1794–1871), American physician and abolitionist
Bartholomew Gedney (1640–1698), Colonial military officer, magistrate of the Salem witch trials
Bartholomew I Ghisi (1201–1302), Lord of Tinos and Mykonos
Bartholomew II Ghisi (1201–1341), Latin feudal lord
Bartholomew Gilbert (1501–1603), Early 1600s mariner and explorer
Bartholomew Gill (1943–2002), American novelist
Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607), English barrister, explorer, and privateer
Bartholomew Gracedieu (1657–1715), English politician
Bartholomew Green (martyr) (1530–1556), English Protestant martyr
Bartholomew Green Jr. (1699–1751), American printer
Bartholomew Green Sr. (1666–1732), Early American publisher
Bartholomew Griffin (1600–1602), English poet
Bartholomew le Gros (1189–1253), French prelate
Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (0970–1055), Italian saint
Bartholomew Gugy (1796–1876), Canadian politician
Bartholomew F. Guida (1914–1978), American politician
Bartholomew Gutierrez, 16th-century Augustinian and martyr
Bartholomew Harris, English governor
Bartholomew W. Hogan (1901–1983), United States Navy officer and psychiatrist
Bartholomew Holzhauser (1613–1658), German priest
Bartholomew Van Homrigh (1665–1703), Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland
Bartholomew Howlett (1767–1827), English draughtsman and engraver
Bartholomew James (1752–1828), English naval officer and writer
Bartholomew John (born 1952), New Zealand actor
Bartholomew Kemp, 16th-century English politician
Bartholomew of Krbava (fl. 1400–1425), Croatian manuscript illuminator
Bartholomew of Krk (1150–1198), Croatian nobleman
Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio, Dean of Exeter
Bartholomew Legate (1575–1612), English anti-trinitarian martyr
Bartholomew Lloyd (1772–1837), Irish mathematician and academic
Bartholomew MacCarthy (1843–1904), Irish historian
Bartholomew Mansel (born 1201), Bishop of Tortosa
Bartholomew Mastrius (1602–1673), Italian philosopher and theologian
Bartholomew of Messina, 13th-century Italian translator
Bartholomew Basanta Miranda (1812–1885), Spanish politician
Bartholomew F. Moore (1801–1878), American attorney and politician
Bartholomew Mosse (1712–1759), Irish doctor
Bartholomew of Neocastro, 13th-century Italian jurist and chronicler
Bartholomew Newsam (1530–1593), clockmaker
Bartholomew Nnaji (born 1956), Nigerian politician and scientist
Bartholomew O'Shaughnessey (born 1789), Irish Chief of the Name
Bartholomew Ogbeche (born 1984), Nigerian footballer
Bartholomew Opoku (1990–2010), Ghanaian footballer
Bartholomew Parapolo (born 1963), Solomon Islands politician
Bartholomew of Parma, the first recorded astronomy lecturer at the University of Bologna
Bartholomew Parr (1750–1810), English physician and medical author
Bartholomew Pearson, Canadian settler
Bartholomew Price (1818–1898), English mathematician, clergyman and educator
Bartholomew Purdon (died 1737), Irish politician
Bartholomew Reade, English goldsmith and politician
Bartholomew Remov (1888–1935), Russian Greek-Catholic archbishop
Bartholomew Ringle (1814–1881), American politician
Bartholomew Rinonico (died c. 1401), Italian Franciscan and chronicler
Bartholomew Roberts (1682–1722), Welsh pirate
Bartholomew Le Roux, 1663–1713, silversmith
Bartholomew Rowley (1764–1811), Royal Navy Admiral
Bartholomew Ruspini (1728–1813), British dentist and philanthropist
Bartholomew Sharp (1650–1702), 17th century English buccaneer
Bartholomew Shower (1658–1701), English lawyer and politician
Bartholomew Sikes, British excise officer
Bartholomew Steer (1568–1597), English carpenter and leader of the Oxfordshire Rising of 1596
Bartholomew James Stubbs (1872–1917), Australian politician
Bartholomew Sulivan (1810–1890), British naval officer and hydrographer
Bartholomew Teeling (1774–1798), Irish military officer and nationalist
Bartholomew Tipping IV (1648–1718), English High Sheriff
Bartholomew Tookie (born 1568), (c.1568-1635) of Salisbury, Wilts
Bartholomew Traheron (1510–1558), English Protestant writer and Marian exile
Bartholomew Ulufa'alu (1997–2000), Prime Minister of Solomon Islands
Bartholomew Vermuyden, Dutch officer
Bartholomew Vigors (1644–1722), Anglican priest in Ireland
Bartholomew Tipping VII (1735–1798), English High Sheriff;
Bartholomew Voorsanger (born 1937), American architect
Bartholomew Walsh (1890–1959), Welsh trade unionist
Bartholomew Webb (born 1650), English organist
Bartholomew Westley (1596–1680), English ejected minister
Bartholomew Stanislaus Wilson (1884–1938), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
Bartholomew Woodlock (1819–1902), Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise
Bartholomew Young (fl. 1577–1598), English translator
Bartholomew Burghersh the younger (1301–1369), English nobleman and soldier

People with the surname

Agnes Bartholomew (1885–1955), Scottish actress and elocutionist
Allen Bartholomew (1925–2004), Australian criminologist
Arthur Bartholomew (illustrator) (1833–1909), English-born Australian engraver
Arthur Bartholomew (cricketer) (1846–1940), English cricketer and schoolmaster
Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew (1878–1945), British Army officer
Arthur H. Bartholomew, mayor of Ansonia, Connecticut
Augustus Theodore Bartholomew (1882–1933), British bibliographer and librarian
Benjamin Bartholomew (1752–1812), American politician from Pennsylvania
Brent Bartholomew (born 1976), former NFL football punter
Charles L. Bartholomew (1869–1949), American editorial cartoonist
D.J. Bartholomew (1931–2017), British statistician
Dave Bartholomew (1918–2019), American musician, composer & promoter
David Ewen Bartholomew (c. 1767–1821), British naval officer
Doris Bartholomew (born 1930), American linguist
Freddie Bartholomew (1924–1992), British actor and filmmaker
Gavin Bartholomew (born 2003), American football player
George Bartholomew (inventor), American inventor of concrete pavement
George Bartholomew (biologist) (1919–2006), American biologist
Harland Bartholomew (1889–1989), American urban planner
Herbert A. Bartholomew (1871–1958), New York politician
Ian Bartholomew (born 1954), English actor
Jack Bartholomew (rugby league) (1888–1965), English rugby league footballer
The noted cartographers of the Edinburgh engraving firm John Bartholomew and Son:
- John Bartholomew Sr. (1805–1861), the founder
- John Bartholomew Junior (1831–1893), John Sr.'s son, who developed colour contouring
- John George Bartholomew (1860–1920), John Junior's son
- John (Ian) Bartholomew (1890–1962), John George's son
- John Christopher Bartholomew (1923–2008), Ian's son
John Eric Bartholomew (1926–1984), birth name of comedian Eric Morecambe
Joseph Bartholomew (disambiguation)
Joshua Bartholomew (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter
Kate Bartholomew (1868–1951), American hat designer and manufacturer
Ken Bartholomew (1920–2012), U.S. speed skater
Les Bartholomew (1903–1972), American baseball player
Linda Bartholomew (1949–2010), singer-songwriter
Lindsay Bartholomew (born 1944), English painter
Logan Bartholomew (born 1984), American actor
Matthew Bartholomew (born 1968), Trinidad and Tobago football player
Pablo Bartholomew (born 1955), Indian photojournalist
Paul Bartholomew (1883–1973), American architect
Peter Bartholomew (died 1099), French soldier of the First Crusade
Phyllis Bartholomew (1914–2002), English long jumper
Reginald Bartholomew (1936–2012), American diplomat
Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985), Burmese-Indian art critic and photographer
Riley Bartholomew (1859–1860), American senator
Rondell Bartholomew (born 1990), Grenadian sprinter
Sam Bartholomew, (1917–1999), American NFL fullback
Shemar Bartholomew (born 2000), American football player
Summer Bartholomew (born 1951), U.S. model and actress
Valentine Bartholomew (1799–1879), English painter
William Bartholomew (British Army officer) (1877–1962), British general
William Bartholomew (cricketer), English cricketer
Will Bartholomew (born 1980), American football fullback

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[Hanks_Hardcastle_Hodges_2006-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

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