Given name · also Latin
Barþolomeus
“son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”
Barþolomeus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Old English.
Original Aramaicבר תלמי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Barþolomeus goes back to Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai), meaning “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Barþolomeus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Old English usage, Barþolomeus developed from Βαρθολομαῖος. In Old English usage, Barþolomeus developed from בר תלמי.
Barþolomeus’s family of names
In Old English usage, Barþolomeus developed from the Ancient Greek form Βαρθολομαῖος. In Old English usage, Barþolomeus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bartholomew. In Old English usage, Barþolomeus was borrowed from the Latin form Bartholomaeus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Barþolomeus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
Aramaicwhere Barþolomeus comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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