Jump to content

Bartholomew (name)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, Talmai, Ptolemy, Varfolomey, Vartholomaios

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 (Barry) is English or Scottish, but also a Jewish surname with the same meaning as the above as a given name.

The name Bartholomew in other languages

[edit]
  • Albanian: Bartolomeu
  • Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos)
  • Arabic: بَرثُولَماوُس (Barthūlamāwus)
  • Aragonese: Bertolomeu
  • Aramaic: בר-תולמי (Bar-Tolmi), Tolmi's son
  • Armenian: Բարթողիմէոս (Partoghimeos), IPA: [pʰɑɾtʰɔʁimɛjɔs], 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, Pertteli or Pärttyli
  • French: Barthélemy
  • Galician: Bartolomeu
  • Georgian: ბართლომე (Bart’lome)
  • German: Bartholomäus
  • Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (Bartholomaios, Vartholomaios, Vartholomaíos)
  • Haitian Creole: Batèlmi
  • Hebrew: נתנאל‎ (Netan-el), which means "God has given"; בר-תלמי‎ (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

People with the given name

[edit]

People with the surname

[edit]

Fictional characters

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  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.