Given name & surname
Barty
“son of Talmai”·“the son of the farmer”
In English use, Barty is a diminutive 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
In English use, Barty is a diminutive 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
In English use, Barty is a diminutive of Bartholomew. An origin associated with Bartholomew is Aramaic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Barty is a diminutive of Bartholomew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 5 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 1940. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Barty’s family of names
In English usage, Barty is a diminutive of Bartholomew. In English usage, Barty has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form BARTEK.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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