Bartholomew 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 "ridge" or is a Hebrew version of Ptolemy. 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 onomastic meaning as the above as a given name.

People with this given name

• Bartholomew, one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus
• Bartholomaeus Parvus (d. 1333), known as the Apostle of Armenia
• Bartholomaeus Anglicus, a Franciscan encyclopedist of the thirteenth century
• Venerable Bartholomew of Braga (1514–1582) - Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Braganca (ca. 1200–1271) - Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Brescia (d. 1258), an Italian canonist - Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Edessa, Syrian apologist and polemical writer - Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Bartholomew of Farne (d. 1193), English Hermit and saint
• Bartholomew of Lucca (1227–1327), historian
• Any of three Medieval Pisans known as Bartholomew of Pisa, disambiguation Catholic Encyclopedia article
  • Bartholomew Albizzi (d.1342), Franciscan hagiographer
  • Bartholomew Rinonico (d. 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 (d. 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
• Bartholomew Sharp (17th century), pirate
• Bartholomew Roberts, "Black Bart" (1682–1722) infamous Welsh Pirate
• Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello (1929–1991), New York mobster
• Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (b. 1940)

People with this surname

• 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
• 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 & filmmaker
• George Bartholomew, American inventor of concrete pavement
• George Bartholomew (biologist), American biologist
• Harland Bartholomew (1889 - 1989), American urban planner
• Ian Bartholomew, English actor
• 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
• 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
• 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 (d. 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, Mimnnesota state senator (1859-1860)
• Sam Bartholomew, (1917 - 1999), American NFL fullback
• Scott and Casey (born 1969), U.S. radio host
• Summer Bartholomew (born 1951), U.S. model and actress
• William Bartholomew (1877 - 1962), British General
• Will Bartholomew (born 1980), American Football fullback
• Winifred Rushforth (née Bartholomew), a 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 J. Simpson, better known as Bart, from The Simpsons
• Bartholomew (Spyro character), a yeti from Spyro the Dragon
• Bartholomew Kuma, a cyborg pirate from the manga One Piece
• Bart Bass, father of Chuck Bass, a main character in the television series Gossip Girl

The name Bartholomew in other languages

• Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos)
• Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս Partoghimeos, IPA: [pʰɑɾtʰoʁimɛjos]
• Aramaic: תולמי‎‎‎‎‎-בר‎‎
• Azeri: Bartolumay
• Catalan: Bartomeu
• 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
• Croatian: Bartolomej
• Czech: Bartoloměj
• Danish: Bartolomæus
• Dutch: Bartolomeüs
• English: Bartholomew (full name/formal); Bart (diminutive)
• Faroese: Bartal
• Finnish: Perttu or Pärttyli
• French: Barthélemy
• German: Bartolomäus
• Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (Bartholomaios, Vartholomaios)
• Hebrew: נתנאל (Natan-el), which means the gift of God
• Hungarian: Bertalan (given name), Bartal, Bartos, Bartó (last names)
• Icelandic: Bartólómeus
• Insubric (Milanese): Bartolamee
• Irish Gaelic: Bairtliméad or Parthálan
• Italian: Bartolomeo
• Japanese: バーソロミュー (bāsoromiyŭ̄, 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 (warufuŏromei, only used in Japanese Orthodox Church)
• Korean: 바르톨로메오(learned); 바돌로메(vernacular)
• Latin: Bartholomaeus
• Latvian: Bartlomejs
• Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
• Loretano Peruvian Spanish: Bartuco (vernacular)
• Macedonian: Вартоломеј (Bartolomej)
• Maltese: Bartoloméw (learned); Bartilméw (vernacular)
• Norwegian: Bartolomeus
• Polish: Bartłomiej (learned); (Bartosz is now other name, but comes from Bartłomiej)
• Portuguese: Bartolomeu
• Provençal: Barthomieu
• Romanian: Bartolomeu
• Russian: Варфоломей (Varfolomei)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlan
• Slovak: Bartolomej
• Spanish: Bartolomé
• Serbian: Вартоломеј (in Cyrillic), Vartolomej (in Roman letters)
• Slovene: Jernej
• Swedish: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus (older transcription)

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