Given name · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Bartolomeu
“son of Tolmai”
Bartolomeu is a masculine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Portuguese and Romanian.
Original Aramaicבר תלמי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bartolomeu goes back to Aramaic בר תלמי (bar Tolmai), meaning “son of Tolmai.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Bartolomeu comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Bartolomeu developed from Bartholomaeus. In Portuguese usage, Bartolomeu developed from Βαρθολομαῖος.
Bartolomeu’s family of names
Bartolomeu shares a linguistic root with Bartholomew. In Portuguese usage, Bartolomeu has a conventional equivalent in the German form Bartholomäus. In Portuguese usage, Bartolomeu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bartholomew.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Bartolomeu has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
Aramaicwhere Bartolomeu comes from · 1 name
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Bartolomeu
- BastosAngolan footballerborn 1991
- Bartolomeu de GusmãoPortuguese scientist1685–1724
- Bartholomew of BragaPortuguese Dominican theologian1514–1590
- Bartolomeu PerestrelloPortuguese explorer1395–1457
- Bartolomeu VelhoPortuguese cartographer1501–1568
- Bartolomeu AnaniaRomanian Orthodox bishop, translator, writer and poet (1921–2011)
- Bartolomeu Bueno da SilvaPaulista explorer (1672-1740)
- Bartolomeu de QuentalPortuguese catholic priest and writer1626–1698
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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