Bartholomew Forename
Approximately 20,727 people bear this name
Bartholomew Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘son of Talmai’ (‘abounding in furrows’); the patronymic of the Apostle Nathanael (q.v.), by which he is commonly known. It is not found in use in England before the Conquest, but it was very common from the 12th C onwards.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 12,453 | 1:14,259 | 1,661 |
| United States | 100% | 2,662 | 1:136,190 | 5,513 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,180 | 1:22,870 | 1,643 |
| Zambia | - | 531 | 1:29,858 | 2,248 |
| England | 100% | 513 | 1:108,388 | 4,010 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 462 | 1:114,260 | 6,048 |
| Malawi | 100% | 444 | 1:38,541 | 2,809 |
| Ireland | 100% | 292 | 1:15,902 | 900 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 252 | 1:2,305 | 380 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 225 | 1:135,333 | 8,763 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 217 | 1:71,077 | 5,626 |
| South Africa | 100% | 196 | 1:278,228 | 16,103 |
| Uganda | 99% | 180 | 1:227,538 | 7,417 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 148 | 1:55,083 | 5,326 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 123 | 1:175,695 | 7,761 |
| Jamaica | - | 100 | 1:28,832 | 2,035 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 85 | 1:16,017 | 2,052 |
| India | 100% | 81 | 1:14,998,493 | 391,832 |
| Scotland | 100% | 79 | 1:67,726 | 1,873 |
| Liberia | 100% | 71 | 1:62,142 | 3,080 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 62 | 1:2,868 | 533 |
| Grenada | 100% | 51 | 1:2,120 | 447 |
| Philippines | 100% | 42 | 1:2,524,035 | 52,866 |
| Kenya | 100% | 38 | 1:1,218,608 | 19,443 |
| Australia | - | 34 | 1:401,695 | 7,086 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 26 | 1:78,461 | 7,234 |
| Guyana | 100% | 23 | 1:33,185 | 3,507 |
| Canada | 100% | 16 | 1:2,070,836 | 30,435 |
| Wales | 100% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Thailand | 100% | 12 | 1:5,838,818 | 101,178 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Brazil | - | 5 | 1:42,847,231 | 319,361 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Israel | 50% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Germany | 100% | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
Bartholomew (34,524) may also be a surname.
Bartholomew Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘son of Talmai’ (‘abounding in furrows’); the patronymic of the Apostle Nathanael (q.v.), by which he is commonly known. It is not found in use in England before the Conquest, but it was very common from the 12th C onwards. The cult of St Bartholomew was popular (there are 165 church dedications to him in England) and his relics were widely diffused. Bartholomew, with its diminutives Bartle, Bartlet and Bat, gave rise to a number of surnames such as Bartholomew, Bartle, Bartlet, Bartlett, Bate, Bates, Bateson, Bateman, Batcock, Batkin, Batt, Batts, Batson, Batty; Tolly is also probably from it.
Bartholomews Curia Regis Rolls 1196, Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1303. Bartholomew Hundred Rolls 1273. Bartelmeu Hundred Rolls 1273, Early S. English Legendary, 14th C (E.E.T.S. 87). Bartel, Bertol, Bartly Hundred Rolls 1273. Bartelot Hundred Rolls 1273. Toly, Tholy Hundred Rolls 1273. Bertylmew Coventry Mysteries 15th C.
Hebrew, ‘son of furrows’, so presumably the name was given first to a ploughman. Its religious associations are that Bartholomew was ‘one of the Twelve (Apostles) , by many thought to be Nathanael, the “Israelite without guile” of St. John’s Gospel’ (Benedictines); there was in C11 Italy a notable abbot so named; and in C12 England a monk ‘missioning’ to Norway.
From the Greek name βαρθολομαιος, from the Hebrew בר חמי Bartolomai, which according to some means ‘son of Ptolemy,’ but it translates rather ‘son (רב) of Tolmai;’ perhaps another spelling of Talmai, father-in-law of David. The nickname is Bat.
Hebrew (masculine) - Son that suspends the waters.
Bar-thol'-o-mew, a son that suspends the waters. One of the twelve apostles, and thought to be the same person who is called Nathanael, one of the first disciples of Christ Matt x. 3.
Meaning: son of Talmai.
A Hebrew name, meaning: Son of furrows: husbandman or farmer: son of Tolmai: warlike son.
A Gaelic name: Parian, Irish Parthalon, Early Irish Partholón, Latin Partholomœus or Bartholomœus (Nennius, ninth cent.), the name of a personage who is represented as the first invader of Ireland after the Flood (278 years after!). The p proves the name to be non-Gadelic; and as the historians take Partholon from Spain, the Spanish Bar Tolemon of legend has been suggested as the original. Prof. Rhys thought it came from the Ivernians or Pre-Celtic race in Ireland. Hence the Clan Mac-farlane, Gaelic M‘Pharlain.
Bartholomew Forename Popularity
Bartholomew Demographics
Average Bartholomew Salary in
United States
$52,353 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barthollomew | 96 | 9 | / |
| Bartholomiew | 96 | 8 | / |
| Barttholomew | 96 | 6 | / |
| Baartholomew | 96 | 3 | / |
| Bartholomewe | 96 | 2 | / |
| Bartholomeuw | 96 | 2 | / |
| Barthtolomew | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bartholomewp | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bartholomewt | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bartholomeww | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bartholoemew | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bartholomeiw | 96 | 1 | / |
| Barthoolomew | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bartolomew | 95 | 64 | / |
| Barthelomew | 91 | 410 | / |
| Bartholemew | 91 | 118 | / |
| Barthalomew | 91 | 60 | / |
| Bertholomew | 91 | 40 | / |
| Bartholamew | 91 | 10 | / |
| Barthulomew | 91 | 7 | / |
| Bartholumew | 91 | 4 | / |
| Bartholomiw | 91 | 2 | / |
| Bortholomew | 91 | 2 | / |
| Barttolomew | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bartholomev | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bertholomiew | 87 | 2 | / |
| Barthelomiew | 87 | 1 | / |
| Barthelomeuw | 87 | 1 | / |
| Bartolomev | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bartolemew | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bartelomew | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bartolomiw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Barthalamew | 82 | 4 | / |
| Berthelomew | 82 | 2 | / |
| Barthelemew | 82 | 2 | / |
| Barthalomev | 82 | 2 | / |
| Barthalemew | 82 | 1 | / |
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