Bartholomew (name)

{{Infobox given name

| name = Bartholomew

| image = Bartholomaeus San Giovanni in Laterano 2006-09-07.jpg

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| caption = Statue of Bartholomew the Apostle

| pronunciation = {{small|originally}} {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɑːr|t|əl|m|i}},
{{small|now commonly}} {{IPAc-en|b|ɑːr|ˈ|θ|ɒ|l|ə|m|j|uː}}

| gender = Male

| meaning = son of Talmai

| region = Canaan

| language = Aramaic, Hebrew

| origin = Ancient Israel

| alternative spelling =

| nickname =

| variant forms =

| related names = Bart (diminutive), Barthélemy, Bartholomäus, Bartholomeus, Bartłomiej, Bartolomé, Bartoloměj, Bartolomeo, Bartolomeu, Bertalan, Talmai, Ptolemy, Varfolomey, Vartholomaios

| name day = August 24 (Western), June 11 (Eastern)

| derived =

| popularity =

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Bartholomew is an English or Jewish (generally also Christian) given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai".{{cite book

| last1 = Hanks

| first1 = Patrick

| author-link = Patrick Hanks

| last2 = Hardcastle

| first2 = Kate

| last3 = Hodges

| first3 = Flavia

| title = A Dictionary of First Names

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| series = Oxford paperback reference

| year = 2006

| isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1

| oclc = 67869278

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT81

| page = 81

| access-date = 15 June 2019

}} 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 (Barry) is English or Scottish, but also a Jewish surname with the same meaning as the above as a given name.

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|hy|pʰɑɾtʰɔʁimɛjɔs|IPA}}, Բարդուղիմեոս (Bardughimeos)
Azerbaijani: Bartolumay
Basque: Bartolome
Belarusian: Варфаламей (Varfalamiej)
Bengali: বর্থলময় (Barthalamaẏa)
Bulgarian: {{Lang|bg|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
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, Pertteli or Pärttyli
French: Barthélemy
Galician: Bartolomeu
Georgian: ბართლომე (Bart’lome)
German: Bartholomäus
Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (Bartholomaios, Vartholomaios, Vartholomaíos)
Haitian Creole: Batèlmi
Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|נתנאל}} (Netan-el), which means "God has given"; {{Script/Hebrew|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: {{Lang|Sr-Cyrl|Вартоломеј}} (in Serbian Cyrillic), Vartolomej (in Latin script)
Slovak: Bartolomej
Slovene: Jernej
Somali: Bartolomayos
Spanish: Bartolomé, Bartolomeo
Swedish: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus (older transcription)
Tagalog: Bartolome, {{lang|fil|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, 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)–[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02314b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
Bartholomew of Braganca (c.1200–1271)–[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
Bartholomew of Brescia (died 1258), Italian canonist–[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
Bartholomew of Edessa, Syrian apologist and polemical writer–[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315c.htm 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, [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02316b.htm 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–[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02316c.htm 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, also known as "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
Barthélémy Toguo (born 1967), Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature Cameroonian painter, visual and performing artist

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, 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
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
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 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
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{{ndash}}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 (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