 Statue of Bartholomew the Apostle | |
| Pronunciation | originally /ˈbɑːrtəlmi/, now commonly /bɑːrˈθɒləmjuː/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | 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), Barthélemy, Bartholomäus, Bartholomeus, Bartłomiej, Bartolomé, Bartoloměj, Bartolomeo, Bartolomeu, Bertalan, Talmai, Ptolemy, Varfolomey, Vartholomaios |
Bartholomew is an English or 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".
Bartholomew (Barry) is English or Scottish but also a Jewish surname with the same meaning as the above as a given name.
People with the given name[edit]
- 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
- Barthélémy Toguo (born 1967), Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature Cameroonian painter, visual and performing artist
People with the surname[edit]
- 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
- Harry Guy Bartholomew, British journalist at Daily Mirror
- 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 (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 & 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, 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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: 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
- 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)
- 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
See also[edit]
- All pages with titles beginning with Bartholomew
- All pages with titles containing Bartholomew
- Bart
- Polish Bartłomiej, Bartosz and Bartek
References[edit]
- ^ 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.