Given name & surname
Bartolomeo
“son of Talmai”·“the son of the farmer”
Bartolomeo is a variant of Bartholomew. Interpretations include “son of Talmai” and “the son of the farmer” (Aramaic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bartolomeo is a variant of Bartholomew. Interpretations include “son of Talmai” and “the son of the farmer” (Aramaic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bartolomeo is a variant of Bartholomew. An origin associated with Bartholomew is Aramaic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Esperanto usage, Bartolomeo developed from Βαρθολομαῖος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bartolomeo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 42 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1914. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 1,030 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bartolomeo’s family of names
Bartolomeo has a short form in Meo. In Italian usage, Bartolomeo shares a linguistic root with the Romagnol form Bartlàz. Bartolomeo has a related form in Bartholomew.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bartolomeo has relatives in 10 languages.
12 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bartolomeo
- Bartolomeo CristoforiItalian maker of musical instruments (1655–1731)
- Bartolomeo EustachiItalian anatomist1500–1574
- Bartolomeo ColleoniItalian condottiero1400–1475
- Bartolomeo AmmannatiItalian architect and sculptor (1511-1592)
- Bartholomew ColumbusItalian explorer (c. 1461 – 1515)1460–1515
- Bartolomeo VivariniItalian painter (c. 1440–c. 1499)1430–1499
- Bartolomeo PlatinaItalian humanist writer and gastronomist (1421–1481)
- BramantinoItalian painter and architect (1465-1530)
- Bartolomeo ManfrediItalian painter (1582-1622)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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