Bartholomew (name)

Bartholomew is an English or Jewish 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".

Bartholomew

Pronunciation	originally /ˈbɑːrtəlmi/, now commonly /bɑːrˈθɒləmjuː/
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Aramaic, Hebrew
Origin
Word/name	Ancient Israel
Meaning	son of Talmai
Region of origin	Canaan
Other names
Related names	Bart (diminutive)

Bartholomew is English or Scottish but also a Jewish surname with the same meaning as the above as a given name.

People with this given name

• Bartholomew, one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus
• Bartholomew (Archdeacon of Waterford) (early 13th century)
• Bartholomaeus Parvus (died 1333), known as the Apostle of Armenia
• Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Franciscan encyclopedist of the thirteenth century
• Venerable Bartholomew of Braga (1514–1582) – Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Braganca (c.1200–1271) – Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Brescia (died 1258), Italian canonist – Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Edessa, Syrian apologist and polemical writer – Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Farne (died 1193), English Hermit and saint
• Bartholomew of Lucca (1227–1327), historian
• Any of three Medieval Pisans known as Bartholomew of Pisa, Catholic Encyclopedia article
  • Bartholomew Albizzi (died 1342), Franciscan hagiographer
  • Bartholomew Rinonico (died c.1401), Franciscan chronicler
  • Bartholomew of San Concordio (1260–1347), canonist and man of letters – Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Fra Bartolomeo (1472–1517), Tuscan Renaissance artist
• Bartholomew Dias (died 1500), Portuguese maritime explorer, first European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope
• Bartholomew Columbus (1461–1515), cartographer, brother of Christopher Columbus, founder of Santo Domingo
• Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566) O.P., notable early campaigner against slavery associated with development of Human Rights ideas
• Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607), English lawyer, explorer and privateer
• Bartholomew Sharp (c.1650–1702), English pirate
• Bartholomew Roberts, "Black Bart" (1682–1722) infamous Welsh Pirate
• Bartholomew "Bart" Baker (born 1986), American entertainer and video producer
• Bartłomiej Pękiel, Polish composer in the 17th century
• Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888–1927) Italian-born US anarchist
• Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello (1929–1991), New York mobster
• Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (born 1940)
• Bartholomew Gilbert (died 1603), English sailor, explorer, captain

People with this surname

• Allen Bartholomew (1925–2004), Australian criminologist
• Arthur Bartholomew (illustrator) (1833–1909), English-born Australian engraver, lithographer and natural history illustrator
• 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 a librarian at Cambridge University
• 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
• 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 who played in the 1910s and 1920s, uncle of Eric Morecambe
• The noted cartographers of the Edinburgh engraving firm John Bartholomew and Son:
  • John Bartholomew Senior (1805–1861), the founder
  • John Bartholomew Junior (1831–1893), son of the founder, who developed colour contouring
  • John George Bartholomew (1860–1920), son of John Junior
  • John (Ian) Bartholomew (1890–1962), son of John George
  • John Christopher Bartholomew (1923–2008), son of Ian
• John Eric Bartholomew (1926–1984), birth name of comedian Eric Morecambe, nephew of Jack Bartholomew
• Joseph Bartholomew (disambiguation)
• Joshua Bartholomew (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Ken Bartholomew (born 1920), 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 & 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 (born 1936), American diplomat
• Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985), Burmese-Indian art critic and photographer
• Riley Bartholomew, Minnesota state senator (1859–1860)
• Rondell Bartholomew (born 1990), Grenadian 400 metres sprinter
• Sam Bartholomew, (1917–1999), American NFL fullback
• Summer Bartholomew (born 1951), U.S. model and actress
• Valentine Bartholomew (1799-1879), painter
• William Bartholomew (1877–1962), British general
• William Bartholomew (cricketer), English cricketer
• Will Bartholomew (born 1980), American football fullback
• Winifred Rushforth (née Bartholomew), noted Jungian psychoanalyst, distant relative of the above cartographers

Fictional characters

• Bartholomew Cubbins, protagonist of the Dr. Seuss books The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and Bartholomew and the Oobleck
• Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck, a character in the RWBY web series, named in reference to Bartholomew and the Oobleck
• Bartholomew, the drunk mouse in The Great Mouse Detective
• Bartholomew J. Simpson, better known as Bart, from The Simpsons
• Bartholomew Kuma, cyborg pirate from the manga One Piece
• Bart Bass, father of Chuck Bass, main character in the television series Gossip Girl
• DC Comics superheroes the Flash (Bartholomew "Barry" Allen) and Impulse (Bartholomew "Bart" Allen II)
• Bartholomew Estheim, father of Hope Estheim in the RPG video game Final Fantasy XIII
• Bartholomew, son of the Countess Elisabeth from American Horror Story: Hotel
• Chief Bartholomew Berry, Hapless police chief in the 2012 Gershwin pastiche Nice Work If You Can Get It

The name Bartholomew in other languages

• Albanian: Bartolomeu
• Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos)
• Arabic: بَرثُولَماوُس (Barthūlamāwus)
• Aragonese: Bertolomeu
• Aramaic: בר-תולמי (Bar-Tolmi), Tolmi's son
• Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս (Partoghimeos), IPA: [pʰɑɾtʰɔʁimɛjɔs], Բարդուղիմեոս (Bardughimeos)
• Azerbaijani: Bartolomeos
• Azeri: Bartolumay
• Basque: Bartolome
• Belarusian: Варфаламей (Varfalamiej)
• Bengali: বর্থলময় (Barthalamaẏa)
• Bulgarian: Вартоломей (Vartolomeĭ)
• Catalan: Bartomeu, Bartolomé, Bertomeu
• 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
• Chinese Simplified: 巴塞洛缪 (Basè luò móu)巴爾多祿茂
• Chinese Traditional: 巴塞洛繆 (Basè luò móu)巴尔多禄茂
• Croatian: Bartolomej
• Czech: Bartoloměj
• Danish: Bartolomæus
• Dutch: Bartholomeus
• English: Bartholomew (full name/formal); Bart (diminutive)
• Esperanto: Bartolomé
• Faroese: Bartal
• Finnish: Perttu 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)
• Maori: 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
• 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 Roman letters)
• 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
• Ukrainian: Варфоломій (Varfolomiy)
• Urdu: برتلمائی

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Bartholomew
• All pages with titles containing Bartholomew
• Bart

References

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.