Bartholomew (name)

Bartholomew (originally /ˈbɑːrtəlmi/, BAR-təl-mi; now commonly /ˈbɑːrˈθɒləmjuː/, bar-THO-lə-mew) is an English 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 or Filius. Thus Bartholomew is either "son of furrows" (i.e., rich in land) or "son of Ptolemy".

Bartholomew is also an English or Scottish 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
• 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
• 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)

People with this surname

• Arthur Bartholomew (1833–1909), Australian natural history illustrator
• Arthur H. Bartholomew, former mayor of Ansonia, Connecticut, United States
• Augustus Theodore Bartholomew (1882–1933), British bibliographer and a librarian at Cambridge University
• Bartholomew (Surrey cricketer), the surname of three cricketers who played for Surrey in the mid-18th century
• Brent Bartholomew (born 1976), former NFL football punter
• Charles L. Bartholomew (1869–1949), American editorial cartoonist
• D.J. Bartholomew (born 1931), British statistician
• Dave Bartholomew (born 1920), 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), 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), rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s for Great Britain, Hudersfield, and Bradford Northern, 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 (1026–1984), birth name of comedian Eric Morecambe, nephew of Jack Bartholomew
• Joseph Bartholomew (1843–1901), American judge
• 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
• Logan Bartholomew (born 1984), American actor
• Lois Thompson Bartholomew (born 1947), American author
• 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 (born 1914), 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, painter
• William Bartholomew (1877–1962), British General
• 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
• Bartholomew, the drunk mouse in The Great Mouse Detective
• Bartholomew J. Simpson, better known as Bart, from The Simpsons
• Bartholomew (Spyro character), yeti from Spyro the Dragon
• 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

The name Bartholomew in other languages

• Albanian: Bartolomeu
• Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos)
• Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս (Partoghimeos), IPA: [pʰɑɾtʰɔʁimɛjɔs], Բարդուղիմեոս (Bardughimeos)
• Arabic: بارثولوميو
• Aragonese: Bertolomeu
• Aramaic: בר-תולמי (Bar-Tolmi), Tolmi's son
• Azerbaijani: Bartolomeos
• Azeri: Bartolumay
• Basque: Bartolome
• Belarusian: Варфаламей (Varfalamiej)
• Bengali: বর্থলময় (Barthalamaẏa)
• Bulgarian: Вартоломей (Vartolomeĭ)
• Catalan: Bartomeu, Bartolomé
• 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)
• Chinese Traditional: 巴塞洛繆 (Basè luò móu)
• Croatian: Bartolomej
• Czech: Bartoloměj, Bartoloměje
• Danish: Bartolomæus
• Dutch: Bartolomeüs
• English: Bartholomew (full name/formal); Bart (diminutive)
• Esperanto: Bartolomé
• Faroese: Bartal
• Finnish: Perttu or Pärttyli
• French: Barthélemy
• Galician: Bartolomeu
• Georgian: ბართლომე (Bart’lome)
• German: Bartolomäus
• 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
• Insubric (Milanese): Bartolamee
• 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: Bartholomaeus
• Latvian: Bartlomejs
• Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
• Loretano Peruvian Spanish: Bartuco (vernacular)
• Low German: Bartholomäus
• Macedonian: Вартоломеј (Bartolomej)
• Maltese: Bartoloméw (learned); Bartilméw (vernacular)
• Maori: Patoromu
• Nepali: बार्थोलोमाइको (Bārthōlōmā'ikō)
• Norwegian: Bartolomeus
• Persian: بارتولومیو
• Polish: Bartłomiej (learned); (Bartosz is now other name, but comes from Bartłomiej), Bartłomieja
• Portuguese: Bartolomeu
• Provençal: Barthomieu
• Punjabi: ਬਰਤੁਲਮਈ (Baratulama'ī)
• Romanian: Bartolomeu
• Russian: Варфоломей (Varfolomei, Varfolomey)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlan (etymologically unrelated to Bartholomew)
• Slovak: Bartolomej, Bartolomeja
• Spanish: Bartolomé
• Serbian: Вартоломеј (in Cyrillic), Vartolomej (in Roman letters)
• Slovene: Jernej
• Somali: Bartolomayos
• 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

• Bart
• Bartolomeo & its diminutive Baccio