Bartholomew (name)

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) - [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02314b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
* Bartholomew of Braganca (ca. 1200–1271) - [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
* Bartholomew of Brescia (d. 1258), an Italian canonist - [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
* Bartholomew of Edessa, Syrian apologist and polemical writer - [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02315c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
* Bartholomew of Lucca (1227–1327), historian
* Any of three Medieval Pisans known as Bartholomew of Pisa, disambiguation [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02316b.htm 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 - [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02316c.htm 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:" በርተሎሜዎስ (Berteloméwos)
* "Armenian:" Բարթողիմէոս IPA| [pʰɑɾtʰoʁimɛjos] Partoghimeos
* "Aramaic:" תולמי‎‎‎‎‎-בר‎‎
* "Azeri:" Bartolumay
* "Catalan:" Bartomeu
* "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
* "Croatian:" Bartolomej
* "Czech:" Bartoloměj
* "Danish:" Bartolomæus
* "Dutch:" Bartolomeüs
* "English:" Bartholomew (full name/formal); Bart (diminutive)
* "Faroese:" Bartal
* "Finnish:" Perttu or Pärttyli
* "French:" Barthélemy
* "German:" Bartolomäus
* "Greek:" Βαρθολομαίος
* "Hebrew": נתנאל (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:" バーソロミュー(used in transcription from English name), バルトロマイ(most popular transcription in Japanese Bible etc.), ワルフォロメイ(only used in Japanese Orthodox Church)
* "Korean:" 바르톨로메오(learned); 바돌로메(vernacular)
* "Latin:" Bartolomaeus
* "Latvian:" Bartlomejs
* "Lithuanian:" Baltramiejus
* "Loretano Peruvian Spanish:" Bartuco (vernacular)
* "Maltese:" Bartoloméw (learned); Bartilméw (vernacular)
* "Norwegian:" Bartolomeus
* "Polish:" Bartłomiej (learned); (Bartosz is now other name, but comes from Bartłomiej)
* "Portuguese:" Bartolomeu
* "Provençal:" Barthomieu
* "Romanian:" Bartolomeu
* "Russian:" Варфоломей (Varfolomei)
* "Scottish Gaelic:" Pàrlan
* "Slovak:" Bartolomej
* "Spanish:" Bartolomé
* "Serbian:" Вартоломеј (in Cyrillic), Vartolomej (in Roman letters)
* "Slovak: " Bartolomej
* "Slovene:" Jernej
* "Swedish:" Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus (older transcription)