Bartholomew (name)
Bartholomew is an English or Jewish given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai". 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" or "son of Ptolemy".
Bartholomew 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
- Arabic: بَرثُولَماوُس
- Aragonese: Bertolomeu
- Aramaic: בר-תולמי, Tolmi's son
- * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ ܬܘܼܡܠܲܝ
- Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս,, Բարդուղիմեոս
- Azerbaijani: Bartolumay
- Basque: Bartolome
- Belarusian: Варфаламей
- Bengali: বর্থলময়
- Bulgarian: Вартоломей
- Catalan: Bartomeu, Bartolomé, Bertomeu, Tomeu
- Cebuano: Bartolome
- Chinese: 巴多羅買 ; 白 as a single-character family name
- Croatian: Bartolomej
- Czech: Bartoloměj
- Danish: Bartolomæus
- Dutch: Bartholomeus
- English: Bartholomew ; Bart
- Esperanto: Bartolomé
- Faroese: Bartal
- Finnish: Perttu, Pertteli or Pärttyli
- French: Barthélemy
- Galician: Bartolomeu
- Georgian: ბართლომე
- German: Bartholomäus
- Greek: Βαρθολομαίος
- Haitian Creole: Batèlmi
- Hebrew:, which means "God has given";, meaning Talmai's son
- Hungarian: Bertalan, Bartal, Bartos, Bartó
- Icelandic: Bartólómeus
- Indonesian: Bartolomeus
- Irish: Bairtliméad or Parthálan
- Italian: Bartolomeo
- Japanese: バーソロミュー, バルトロマイ, ワルフォロメイ
- Javanese: Bartholomayo
- Kannada: ಬಾರ್ಥೊಲೊಮೆವ್
- Korean: 바르톨로메오 ; 바돌로메
- Latin: Bartholomeus/Bartholomaeus
- Latvian: Bartlomejs
- Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
- Low German: Bartholomäus
- Macedonian: Вартоломеј
- Maltese: Bartoloméw ; Bartilméw
- Māori: Patoromu
- Milanese: Bartolamee
- Nepali: बार्थोलोमाइको
- Norwegian: Bartolomeus
- Persian: بارتولومیو
- Peruvian Spanish: Bartuco
- Polish: Bartłomiej, Bartłomieja ; Bartosz is a separate name that derives from Bartłomiej
- Portuguese: Bartolomeu
- Provençal: Barthomieu
- Punjabi: ਬਰਤੁਲਮਈ
- Romanian: Bartolomeu
- Russian: Варфоломей
- Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlan
- Serbian: Вартоломеј, Vartolomej
- Slovak: Bartolomej
- Slovene: Jernej
- Somali: Bartolomayos
- Spanish: Bartolomé, Bartolomeo
- Swedish: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus
- Tagalog: Bartolome, isa sa mga disipulo ni Hesus
- Tamil: பர்த்தலோமிவ்
- Telugu: బర్తలోమ్యోవ్
- Thai: บาร์โธโลมิ
- Turkish: Bartalmay, Bartolomeus
- Ukrainian: Варфоломій
- Urdu: برتلمائی
People with the given name
- Bartholomew, one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus
- Bartholomew (Archdeacon of Waterford)
- Bartholomaeus Parvus, known as the Apostle of Armenia
- Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Franciscan encyclopedist of the thirteenth century
- Venerable Bartholomew of Braga –
- Bartholomew of Braganca –
- Bartholomew of Brescia, Italian canonist–
- Bartholomew of Edessa, Syrian apologist and polemical writer–
- Bartholomew of Farne, English Hermit and saint
- Bartholomew of Lucca, historian
- Any of three Medieval Pisans known as Bartholomew of Pisa,
- * Bartholomew Albizzi, Franciscan hagiographer
- * Bartholomew Rinonico, Franciscan chronicler
- * Bartholomew of San Concordio, canonist and man of letters–
- Fra Bartolomeo, Tuscan Renaissance artist
- Bartholomew Dias, Portuguese maritime explorer, first European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope
- Bartholomew Columbus, cartographer, brother of Christopher Columbus, founder of Santo Domingo
- Bartolomé de las Casas O.P., notable early campaigner against slavery associated with development of Human Rights ideas
- Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer, explorer and privateer
- Bartholomew Sharp, English pirate
- Bartholomew Roberts, infamous Welsh pirate
- Bartholomew "Bart" Baker, American entertainer and video producer
- Bartłomiej Pękiel, Polish composer in the 17th century
- Bartolomeo Vanzetti Italian-born US anarchist
- Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello, New York mobster
- Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
- Bartholomew Gilbert, English sailor, explorer, captain
- Barthélémy Toguo, Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature Cameroonian painter, visual and performing artist
People with the surname
- Agnes Bartholomew, Scottish actress and elocutionist
- Allen Bartholomew, Australian criminologist
- Arthur Bartholomew (illustrator), English-born Australian engraver, lithographer and natural history illustrator
- Arthur Bartholomew (cricketer), English cricketer and schoolmaster
- Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, British Army officer
- Arthur H. Bartholomew, mayor of Ansonia, Connecticut
- Augustus Theodore Bartholomew, British bibliographer and a librarian at Cambridge University
- Benjamin Bartholomew, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Brent Bartholomew, former NFL football punter
- Charles L. Bartholomew, American editorial cartoonist
- D.J. Bartholomew, British statistician
- Dave Bartholomew, American musician, composer & promoter
- David Ewen Bartholomew, British naval officer
- Doris Bartholomew, American linguist
- Freddie Bartholomew, British actor and filmmaker
- Gavin Bartholomew, American football player
- George Bartholomew (inventor), American inventor of concrete pavement
- George Bartholomew (biologist), American biologist
- Harland Bartholomew, American urban planner
- Herbert A. Bartholomew, New York politician
- Ian Bartholomew, English actor
- Jack Bartholomew (rugby league), 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., the founder
- * John Bartholomew Junior, John Sr.'s son, who developed colour contouring
- * John George Bartholomew, John Junior's son
- * John (Ian) Bartholomew, John George's son
- * John Christopher Bartholomew, Ian's son
- John Eric Bartholomew, birth name of comedian Eric Morecambe
- Joseph Bartholomew (disambiguation)
- Joshua Bartholomew, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Kate Bartholomew, American hat designer and manufacturer
- Ken Bartholomew, U.S. speed skater
- Les Bartholomew, American baseball player
- Linda Bartholomew, singer-songwriter
- Lindsay Bartholomew, English painter
- Logan Bartholomew, American actor
- Matthew Bartholomew, Trinidad and Tobago football player
- Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
- Paul Bartholomew, American architect
- Peter Bartholomew, French soldier of the First Crusade
- Phyllis Bartholomew, English long jumper
- Reginald Bartholomew, American diplomat
- Richard Bartholomew, Burmese-Indian art critic and photographer
- Riley Bartholomew, American senator
- Rondell Bartholomew, Grenadian sprinter
- Sam Bartholomew,, American NFL fullback
- Shemar Bartholomew, American football player
- Summer Bartholomew, U.S. model and actress
- Valentine Bartholomew, English painter
- William Bartholomew, British general
- William Bartholomew (cricketer), English cricketer
- Will Bartholomew, American football fullback
- Winifred Rushforth, noted Jungian psychoanalyst, distant relative of the above cartographers
Fictional characters
- Barry Allen, DC Comics superhero and the second Flash
- Bart Bass, a character in Gossip Girl
- Bart Allen, a DC Comics superhero and Barry's future grandson
- Bartholomew Berry, a police chief in Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Bartholomew Cubbins, the protagonist of two Dr. Seuss books
- Bartholomew Estheim, a character in Final Fantasy XIII
- Bartholomew Kuma, a cyborg pirate from One Piece
- Bartholomew Oobleck, a character in RWBY named after Bartholomew Cubbins
- Bart Simpson, a character in The Simpsons
- Bartholomew, a character in American Horror Story: Hotel
- Bartholomew, a character in ''The Great Mouse Detective''