Bartholomew (name)

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
Pronunciationoriginally /ˈbɑːrtəlmi/,
now commonly /bɑːrˈθɒləmj/
GenderMale
Language(s)Aramaic, Hebrew
Name dayAugust 24 (Western), June 11 (Eastern)
Origin
Word/nameAncient Israel
Meaningson of Talmai
Region of originCanaan
Other names
Related namesBart (diminutive), Barthélemy, Bartholomäus, Bartholomeus, Bartłomiej, Bartolomé, Bartoloměj, Bartolomeo, Bartolomeu, Bertalan, Varfolomey, Vartholomaios

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

People with the surname

Fictional characters

The name Bartholomew in other languages

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Bartholomew
  • All pages with titles containing Bartholomew
  • Bart

References

  1. 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.
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