Bartholomew is an English or Jewish (generally also Christian) given name that derives from the

Aramaic Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

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 Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine science, Byzant ...

. 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

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with the same meaning as the above as a given name.

The name Bartholomew in other languages

* Albanian: Bartolomeu * Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos) *

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: بَرثُولَماوُس (Barthūlamāwus) * Aragonese: Bertolomeu *

: בר-תולמי (Bar-Tolmi), Tolmi's son ** Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪ ܬܘܼܡܠܲܝ (Bar Tulmay) *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: Բարթողիմէոս (Partoghimeos), , Բարդուղիմեոս (Bardughimeos) * Azerbaijani: Bartolumay *

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Bartolome * Belarusian: Варфаламей (Varfalamiej) * Bengali: বর্থলময় (Barthalamaẏa) * Bulgarian: (Vartolomeĭ) * Catalan: Bartomeu, Bartolomé, Bertomeu, Tomeu * Cebuano: Bartolome * Chinese: 巴多羅買 (pronounced ''Baduoluomai''); 白 (meaning "white", pronounced ''Pak'' in Wade-Giles

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

or ''Bái'' in

Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''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 Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

: Bartolomé * Faroese: Bartal * Finnish: Perttu, Pertteli or Pärttyli * French: Barthélemy * Galician: Bartolomeu * Georgian: ბართლომე (Bart’lome) * German: Bartholomäus * Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (Bartholomaios, Vartholomaios, Vartholomaíos) *

Haitian Creole Haitian Creole (; , ; , ), or simply Creole (), is a French-based creole languages, French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti (the other being French), where it ...

: Batèlmi *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: (Netan-el), which means "God has given"; (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 Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ಬಾರ್ಥೊಲೊಮೆವ್ (Bārtholomev) * Korean: 바르톨로메오 (Baleutollomyu) (learned); 바돌로메(vernacular) *

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

: Bartholomeus/ Bartholomaeus * Latvian: Bartlomejs * Lithuanian: Baltramiejus *

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

: 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 Bartłomiej is a Polish language, Polish masculine given name, a cognate of Bartholomew (name), Bartholomew. Diminutive forms of Bartłomiej include Bartek and Bartosz. People named Bartłomiej Notable people with the name Bartłomiej include: A ...

(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 Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

: Pàrlan (etymologically unrelated to Bartholomew) * Serbian: (in

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

), Vartolomej (in

Latin script The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Gree ...

) * Slovak: Bartolomej * Slovene: Jernej * Somali: Bartolomayos * Spanish: Bartolomé, Bartolomeo * Swedish: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus (older transcription) * Tagalog: Bartolome, (one of Jesus' Disciples) * Tamil: பர்த்தலோமிவ் (Parttalōmiv) * Telugu: బర్తలోమ్యోవ్ (Bartalōmyōv) * Thai: บาร์โธโลมิ (Bār̒ ṭho lomi) * Turkish: Bartalmay, Bartolomeus (older transcription) * Ukrainian: Варфоломій (Varfolomiy) *

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: برتلمائی

People with the given name

* 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)�
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* Bartholomew of Braganca (c.1200–1271)�
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* Bartholomew of Brescia (died 1258), Italian canonist�
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* Bartholomew of Edessa, Syrian apologist and polemical writer�
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* 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
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** Bartholomew Albizzi (died 1342), Franciscan hagiographer ** Bartholomew Rinonico (died c.1401), Franciscan chronicler ** Bartholomew of San Concordio (1260–1347), canonist and man of letters�
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Fra Bartolomeo Fra Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo (, , ; 28 March 1472 – 31 October 1517), also known as Bartolommeo di Pagholo, Bartolommeo di San Marco, Bartolomeo di Paolo di Jacopo del Fattorino, and his original nickname Baccio della Porta, was an Ital ...

(1472–1517), Tuscan Renaissance artist * Bartholomew Dias (died 1500), Portuguese maritime explorer, first European to sail round the

Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A List of common misconceptions#Geography, common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Afri ...

* Bartholomew Columbus (1461–1515), cartographer, brother of

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed Voyages of Christopher Columbus, four Spanish-based voyages across the At ...

, founder of

Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

Bartolomé de las Casas Bartolomé de las Casas, Dominican Order, OP ( ; ); 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as an historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became ...

(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 (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 Barthélémy Toguo (born 1967) is a Cameroonian painter, visual and performing artist. He currently splits his time living and working in both Paris, France and Bandjoun, Cameroon. He works in a variety of media aside from visual and perfor ...

(born 1967), Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature Cameroonian painter, visual and performing artist

People with the surname

* 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 * Gavin Bartholomew (born 2003), American football player * George Bartholomew (inventor), American inventor of concrete pavement * George Bartholomew (biologist) (1919–2006), 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) (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 Sr. (1805–1861), the founder ** John Bartholomew Junior (1831–1893), John Sr.'s son, who developed colour contouring ** John George Bartholomew (1860–1920), John Junior's son ** John (Ian) Bartholomew (1890–1962), John George's son ** John Christopher Bartholomew (1923–2008), Ian's son * John Eric Bartholomew (1926–1984), birth name of comedian Eric Morecambe * Joseph Bartholomew (disambiguation) * Joshua Bartholomew (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter * Kate Bartholomew (1868-1951), American hat designer and manufacturer * 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 and 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 (18591860), American senator * Rondell Bartholomew (born 1990), Grenadian sprinter * Sam Bartholomew, (1917–1999), American NFL fullback * Shemar Bartholomew (born 2000), American football player * Summer Bartholomew (born 1951), U.S. model and actress * Valentine Bartholomew (1799–1879), English 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

Barry Allen Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character known as the Flash, following Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick. The character first appeared in ''Showcase (comic ...

, 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 ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

'' 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''

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The name Bartholomew in other languages

People with the given name

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Fictional characters

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