Bartholomew

English

Etymology

From Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”), from בר (bar, “son”) and תלמי (tolmai, “Talmai; Ptolemy”). It has long been unclear whether the Apostle's father was named after the biblical Talmai, king of Geshur, or one of the Greek Ptolemies, as the two originally unrelated names were conflated in Jewish Aramaic.

The name's pronunciation was changed to match the spelling; contrast French Barthélemy from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɑːˈθɒləmjuː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɑɹˈθɑləmju/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɑɹˈtɑləmi/ (formerly)

Proper noun

Bartholomew (plural Bartholomews)

1. An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     : Matthew 10: 2 - 4:

     Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

2. A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Bartholomew baby
• Bartholomewtide

Related terms

• Bart
• Bartholow
• Bartlett
• Bate
• Bates
• Bateson
• Batey
• Batson
• Batt
• Battey
• Batts
• Batty
• Battye
• Beatson

 

Translations

the Apostle

• Albanian: Bartolomeu
• Amharic: በርተሎሜዎስ (bärtälomewos)
• Arabic: بَرْثُولَمَاوْس m (barṯūlamāws)
• Aragonese: Bertolomeu
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܒܪ‌ܬܘܠܡܝ (bartulmay)

• Armenian: Բարդուղիմեոս (Barduġimeos)
• Azerbaijani: Bartolumay
• Basque: Bartolome
• Belarusian: Варфаламе́й m (Varfalamjéj)
• Bulgarian: Вартоломе́й m (Vartoloméj)
• Catalan: Bartomeu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴多羅買／巴多罗买 (Bāduōluómǎi), 巴爾多祿茂／巴尔多禄茂 (zh) (Bā'ěrduōlùmào) (Catholic)

• Coptic: ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ (bartholomeos)
• Czech: Bartoloměj (cs) m
• Danish: Bartholomæus
• Dutch: Bartolomeüs m
• Estonian: Bartolomeus
• Faroese: Bartolomeus m
• Finnish: Bartolomeus
• French: Barthélemy (fr) m
• Georgian: ბართლომე (bartlome)
• German: Bartholomäus (de) m (Catholic), Bartolomäus m (Protestant)
• Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (el) m (Vartholomaíos)

  Ancient: Βαρθολομαῖος m (Bartholomaîos)

• Hebrew: ברתולומאוס, ברתלמי
• Hungarian: Bertalan (hu)
• Indonesian: Bartolomeus
• Irish: Parthalón m, Parthalán m, Beartlaidh m
• Italian: Bartolomeo (it)
• Japanese: バルトロマイ (Barutoromai)
• Kazakh: Барталмай (Bartalmai)
• Korean: 바르톨로메오 (bareutollome'o)
• Kyrgyz: Барталмай (Bartalmay)
• Macedonian: Вартоломе́ј m (Vartoloméj)
• Maltese: Bartolomew m
• Norwegian: Bartolomeus
• Occitan: Bertomieu (oc) m
• Old English: Barþolomeus
• Persian: ناتانائیل
• Polish: Bartłomiej (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bartolomeu (pt) m
• Romanian: Bartolomeu m
• Russian: Варфоломе́й (ru) m (Varfoloméj)
• Scottish Gaelic: Párthláin
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вартоломеј m

  Roman: Bartolomej m, Bartol m

• Sicilian: Bàrtulu
• Slovak: Bartolomej m
• Slovene: Bartolomej m
• Spanish: Bartolomé (es) m
• Swedish: Bartolomaios, (older) Bartolomeus
• Tigrinya: በርተሎሜዎስ (bärtälomewos)
• Ukrainian: Варфоломі́й m (Varfolomíj)
• Vietnamese: Batôlômêô

male given name

• Armenian: Բարդուղիմեոս (Barduġimeos)
• Asturian: Bartolomé m
• Basque: Bartolome
• Belarusian: Варфаламе́й m (Varfalamjéj)
• Breton: Bartelame (br) m
• Bulgarian: Вартоломе́й m (Vartoloméj)
• Catalan: Bartolomeu
• Czech: Bartoloměj (cs) m
• Dutch: Bartolomeüs
• Esperanto: Bartolomeo
• Faroese: Bartal m
• Finnish: Pertti (fi), Perttu (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Bartelomél, Bèrtomél
• French: Barthélemy (fr)
• Galician: Bertolameu
• Georgian: ბართლომე (bartlome)
• German: Bartholomäus (de)
• Greek: Βαρθολομαίος (el) m (Vartholomaíos)
• Hungarian: Bertalan (hu)
• Indonesian: Bartolomeus
• Irish: Parthalán m
• Italian: Bartolomeo (it)
• Latin: Bartholomaeus
• Lithuanian: Baltramiejus
• Low German: Mews, Mewes
• Macedonian: Вартоломеј m (Vartolomej)
• Maltese: Bertu
• Manx: Parlane m
• Maori: Pātoromiu
• Occitan: Bertomiu m, Bartomieu m
• Old English: Barþolomeus
• Persian: بارتولومیو
• Polish: Bartłomiej (pl) m, Bartosz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bartolomeu (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬਰਤੁਲਮਈ (bartulamaī)
• Romanian: Bartolomeu
• Russian: Варфоломе́й (ru) m (Varfoloméj), Барто́ломью m (Bartólomʹju)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вартоломеј m

  Roman: Bartolomej m

• Sicilian: Bàrtulu
• Slovak: Bartolomej m
• Spanish: Bartolomé (es) m
• Swedish: Bartolomeus
• Tigrinya: በርተሎሜዎስ (bärtälomewos)
• Turkish: Bartalmay
• Ukrainian: Варфоломі́й m (Varfolomíj)
• Vietnamese: Batôlômêô