Given name · also Ancient Greek
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ
“son of Tolmai”
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ (bartholomaios) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Coptic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ goes back to Aramaic בַּר תַּלְמַי, meaning “son of Tolmai.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος, from Aramaic בַּר תַּלְמַי (“son of Tolmai”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ’s family of names
In Coptic usage, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Bartholomaios. In Coptic usage, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Βαρθολομαῖος.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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