Bartholomew (name)

Bartholomew is an English or Jewish (generally also Christian) 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" (i.e., rich in land) or "son of Ptolemy".

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

 * 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)–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
 * 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 (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
 * George Bartholomew (inventor), American inventor of concrete pavement
 * George Bartholomew (biologist) (1919–2006), American biologist
 * Harland Bartholomew (1889–1989), American urban planner
 * Harry Guy Bartholomew, British journalist at Daily Mirror
 * 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 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 (1926–1984), birth name of comedian Eric Morecambe, nephew of Jack Bartholomew
 * Joseph Bartholomew (disambiguation)
 * Joshua Bartholomew (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter
 * 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 & 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, 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 (1799–1879), 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

 * Bartholomew Cubbins, protagonist of the Dr. Seuss books The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and Bartholomew and the Oobleck
 * Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck, a character in the RWBY web series, named in reference to Bartholomew and the Oobleck
 * Bartholomew, the drunk mouse in The Great Mouse Detective
 * Bartholomew J. Simpson, better known as Bart, from The Simpsons
 * 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
 * Bartholomew, son of the Countess Elisabeth from American Horror Story: Hotel
 * Chief Bartholomew Berry, Hapless police chief in the 2012 Gershwin pastiche Nice Work If You Can Get It

The name Bartholomew in other languages

 * Albanian: Bartolomeu
 * Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos)
 * Arabic: بَرثُولَماوُس (Barthūlamāwus)
 * Aragonese: Bertolomeu
 * Aramaic: בר-תולמי (Bar-Tolmi), Tolmi's son
 * Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս (Partoghimeos),, Բարդուղիմեոս (Bardughimeos)
 * Azerbaijani: Bartolumay
 * Basque: Bartolome
 * Belarusian: Варфаламей (Varfalamiej)
 * Bengali: বর্থলময় (Barthalamaẏa)
 * Bulgarian: Вартоломей (Vartolomeĭ)
 * Catalan: Bartomeu, Bartolomé, Bertomeu, Tomeu
 * 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)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: Bartolomé
 * Faroese: Bartal
 * Finnish: Perttu or Pärttyli
 * French: Barthélemy
 * Galician: Bartolomeu
 * Georgian: ბართლომე (Bart’lome)
 * German: Bartholomäus
 * Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (Bartholomaios, Vartholomaios, Vartholomaíos)
 * Haitian Creole: Batèlmi
 * Hebrew: (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: ಬಾರ್ಥೊಲೊಮೆವ್ (Bārtholomev)
 * Korean: 바르톨로메오 (Baleutollomyu) (learned); 바돌로메(vernacular)
 * Latin: Bartholomeus/Bartholomaeus
 * Latvian: Bartlomejs
 * Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
 * Low German: 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 (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: Pàrlan (etymologically unrelated to Bartholomew)
 * Serbian: Вартоломеј (in Serbian Cyrillic), Vartolomej (in Latin script)
 * Slovak: Bartolomej
 * Slovene: Jernej
 * Somali: Bartolomayos
 * Spanish: Bartolomé, Bartolomeo
 * 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, Bartolomeus (older transcription)
 * Ukrainian: Варфоломій (Varfolomiy)
 * Urdu: برتلمائی