Bartholomew (name)

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Bartholomew
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Pronunciationoriginally /ˈbɑːrtəlmi/ ,
now commonly /bɑːrˈθɒləmj/
Gender Male
Language(s)Aramaic, Hebrew
Name day August 24 (Western), June 11 (Eastern)
Origin
Word/nameAncient Israel
Meaningson of Talmai
Region of origin Canaan
Other names
Related names Bart (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".

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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

People with the given name

People with the surname

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References

  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.