Boy · Aramaic
Bartolomeo
Say it: bar-toh-loh-MEH-oh
Meaning
From Aramaic bar Talmai 'son of Talmai'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 42 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 65,500 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Bartholomew |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Bartolomé |
Famous bearers
- Bartolomeo Colleoni, condottiero
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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