Bartholomew is an English given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Tholmai". "Bar" means "son of" in Aramaic, and thus its occurrence in a personal name indicates a patronymic. "Tholmai" is commonly supposed to mean "furrows", and Bartholomew is accordingly read as "son of the furrows", meaning one who is rich in land. Alternatively, it is speculated that Tholmai is a form of the Greek name "Ptolemy (Ptolemy)".

Bartholomew is also an English or Scottish surname with the same onomastic meaning as the above as a given name.

People with the 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 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 the surname

• Bartholomew (Surrey cricketer), the surname of three cricketers who played for Surrey in the mid-18th century
• Augustus Theodore Bartholomew (1882-1933) , British bibliographer and a librarian at Cambridge University
• Scott and Casey (born 1969), U.S. radio host
• Dave Bartholomew (born 1920), American musician, composer & promoter
• Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992), British actor & filmmaker
• George Bartholomew, inventor of concrete pavement
• George Bartholomew (biologist), American biologist
• Harland Bartholomew (1889-1989), U.S. urban planner
• Joshua Bartholomew (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Ken Bartholomew (born 1920), U.S. speed skater
• Summer Bartholomew (born 1951), U.S. model and actress
• Will Bartholomew (born 1980), American Football fullback
• 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
• 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
• Benjamin Bartholomew Piff, The main character in the series "The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff (By:Jason Lethcoe)
• Bartholomew Kuma, a cyborg pirate from the manga One Piece.

The Name "Bartholomew" in Various Languages

• Amharic: ??????? (Berteloméwos)
• Armenian: ??????????? Partoghimeos
• Aramaic: ??????????-????
• Azeri: Bartolumay
• Catalan: Bartomeu
• Chinese: ???? (pronounced Baduoluomai); ? (meaning "white", pronounced Pak in Wade-Giles Cantonese or Bái in Pinyin Mandarin) as a single-character family name
• Croatian: Bartolomej
• Czech: Bartolom?j
• Danish: Bartolomæus
• Dutch: Bartolomeüs
• English: Bartholomew (full name/formal); Bart (diminutive)
• Faroese: Bartal
• Finnish: Perttu or Pärttyli
• French: Barthélemy
• German: Bartolomäus
• Greek: ????????????
• Hebrew: ????? (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: ???????(used in transcription from English name), ??????(most popular transcription in Japanese Bible etc.), ???????(only used in Japanese Orthodox Church)
• Korean: ??????(learned); ????(vernacular)
• Latin: Bartolomaeus
• Latvian: Bartlomejs
• Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
• Loretano Peruvian Spanish: Bartuco (vernacular)
• Maltese: Bartoloméw (learned); Bartilméw (vernacular)
• Norwegian: Bartolomeus
• Polish: Bart?omiej (learned); (Bartosz is now other name, but comes from Bart?omiej)
• Portuguese: Bartolomeu
• Provençal: Barthomieu
• Romanian: Bartolomeu
• Russian: ?????????? (Varfolomei)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlan
• Slovak: Bartolomej
• Spanish: Bartolomé
• Serbian: ?????????? (in Cyrillic), Vartolomej (in Roman letters)
• Slovak: Bartolomej
• Slovene: Jernej
• Swedish: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus (older transcription)

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