Bartholomew (name)
Bartholomew is an English or Jewish given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai". is Aramaic for "son", and marks patronyms. either comes from "furrow" or is a Hebrew version of Ptolemy. Thus Bartholomew is either "son of furrows" or "son of Ptolemy".
Bartholomew is English or Scottish but also a Jewish 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
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- Bartholomaeus Parvus, known as the Apostle of Armenia
- Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Franciscan encyclopedist of the thirteenth century
- Venerable Bartholomew of Braga –
- Bartholomew of Braganca –
- Bartholomew of Brescia, Italian canonist –
- Bartholomew of Edessa, Syrian apologist and polemical writer –
- Bartholomew of Farne, English Hermit and saint
- Bartholomew of Lucca, historian
- Any of three Medieval Pisans known as Bartholomew of Pisa,
- * Bartholomew Albizzi, Franciscan hagiographer
- * Bartholomew Rinonico, Franciscan chronicler
- * Bartholomew of San Concordio, canonist and man of letters –
- Fra Bartolomeo, Tuscan Renaissance artist
- Bartholomew Dias, Portuguese maritime explorer, first European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope
- Bartholomew Columbus, cartographer, brother of Christopher Columbus, founder of Santo Domingo
- Bartolomé de las Casas O.P., notable early campaigner against slavery associated with development of Human Rights ideas
- Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer, explorer and privateer
- Bartholomew Sharp, English pirate
- Bartholomew Roberts, "Black Bart" infamous Welsh Pirate
- Bartholomew "Bart" Baker, American entertainer and video producer
- Bartłomiej Pękiel, Polish composer in the 17th century
- Bartolomeo Vanzetti Italian-born US anarchist
- Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello, New York mobster
- Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
- Bartholomew Gilbert, English sailor, explorer, captain
People with this surname
- Allen Bartholomew, Australian criminologist
- Arthur Bartholomew , English-born Australian engraver, lithographer and natural history illustrator
- Arthur Bartholomew , English cricketer and schoolmaster
- Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, British Army officer
- Arthur H. Bartholomew, mayor of Ansonia, Connecticut
- Augustus Theodore Bartholomew, British bibliographer and a librarian at Cambridge University
- Bartholomew, the surname of three cricketers who played for Surrey in the mid-18th century
- Brent Bartholomew, former NFL football punter
- Charles L. Bartholomew, American editorial cartoonist
- D.J. Bartholomew, British statistician
- Dave Bartholomew, American musician, composer & promoter
- David Ewen Bartholomew, British naval officer
- Doris Bartholomew, American linguist
- Freddie Bartholomew, British actor and filmmaker
- George Bartholomew, American inventor of concrete pavement
- George Bartholomew , American biologist
- Harland Bartholomew, American urban planner
- Herbert A. Bartholomew, New York politician
- Ian Bartholomew, English actor
- Jack Bartholomew , 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, the founder
- * John Bartholomew Junior, son of the founder, who developed colour contouring
- * John George Bartholomew, son of John Junior
- * John Bartholomew, son of John George
- * John Christopher Bartholomew, son of Ian
- John Eric Bartholomew, birth name of comedian Eric Morecambe, nephew of Jack Bartholomew
- Joseph Bartholomew
- Joshua Bartholomew, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Ken Bartholomew, U.S. speed skater
- Les Bartholomew, American baseball player
- Linda Bartholomew, singer-songwriter
- Lindsay Bartholomew, English painter
- Logan Bartholomew, American actor
- Matthew Bartholomew, Trinidad & Tobago football player
- Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
- Paul Bartholomew, American architect
- Peter Bartholomew, French soldier of the First Crusade
- Phyllis Bartholomew, English long jumper
- Reginald Bartholomew, American diplomat
- Richard Bartholomew, Burmese-Indian art critic and photographer
- Riley Bartholomew, Minnesota state senator
- Rondell Bartholomew, Grenadian 400 metres sprinter
- Sam Bartholomew,, American NFL fullback
- Summer Bartholomew, U.S. model and actress
- Valentine Bartholomew, painter
- William Bartholomew, British general
- William Bartholomew, English cricketer
- Will Bartholomew, American football fullback
- Winifred Rushforth, 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 and Impulse
- Bartholomew Estheim, father of Hope Estheim in the RPG video game Final Fantasy XIII
- Bartholomew, son of the Countess Elisabeth from
- 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
- Arabic: بَرثُولَماوُس
- Aragonese: Bertolomeu
- Aramaic: בר-תולמי, Tolmi's son
- Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս,, Բարդուղիմեոս
- Azerbaijani: Bartolomeos
- Azeri: Bartolumay
- Basque: Bartolome
- Belarusian: Варфаламей
- Bengali: বর্থলময়
- Bulgarian: Вартоломей
- Catalan: Bartomeu, Bartolomé, Bertomeu
- Cebuano: Bartolome
- Chinese: 巴多羅買 ; 白 as a single-character family name
- Chinese Simplified: 巴塞洛缪 巴爾多祿茂
- Chinese Traditional: 巴塞洛繆 巴尔多禄茂
- Croatian: Bartolomej
- Czech: Bartoloměj
- Danish: Bartolomæus
- Dutch: Bartholomeus
- English: Bartholomew ; Bart
- Esperanto: Bartolomé
- Faroese: Bartal
- Finnish: Perttu or Pärttyli
- French: Barthélemy
- Galician: Bartolomeu
- Georgian: ბართლომე
- German: Bartholomäus
- Greek: Βαρθολομαίος
- Haitian Creole: Batèlmi
- Hebrew: נתנאל, which means "God has given"; בר-תלמי, meaning Talmai's son
- Hungarian: Bertalan, Bartal, Bartos, Bartó
- Icelandic: Bartólómeus
- Indonesian: Bartolomeus
- Irish: Bairtliméad or Parthálan
- Italian: Bartolomeo
- Japanese: バーソロミュー, バルトロマイ, ワルフォロメイ
- Javanese: Bartholomayo
- Kannada: ಬಾರ್ಥೊಲೊಮೆವ್
- Korean: 바르톨로메오 ; 바돌로메
- Latin: Bartholomeus/Bartholomaeus
- Latvian: Bartlomejs
- Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
- Low German'': Bartholomäus
- Macedonian: Вартоломеј
- Maltese: Bartoloméw ; Bartilméw
- Maori: Patoromu
- Milanese: Bartolamee
- Nepali: बार्थोलोमाइको
- Norwegian: Bartolomeus
- Persian: بارتولومیو
- Peruvian Spanish: Bartuco
- Polish: Bartłomiej, Bartłomieja ; :pl:Bartosz|Bartosz is a separate name that derives from Bartłomiej
- Provençal: Barthomieu
- Punjabi: ਬਰਤੁਲਮਈ
- Romanian: Bartolomeu
- Russian: Варфоломей
- Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlan
- Serbian: Вартоломеј, Vartolomej
- Slovak: Bartolomej
- Slovene: Jernej
- Somali: Bartolomayos
- Spanish: Bartolomé, Bartolomeo
- Swedish: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus
- Tagalog: Bartolome, isa sa mga disipulo ni Hesus
- Tamil: பர்த்தலோமிவ்
- Telugu: బర్తలోమ్యోవ్
- Thai: บาร์โธโลมิ
- Turkish: Bartalmay
- Ukrainian: Варфоломій
- Urdu: برتلمائی