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Bartholomew

Bartholomew

12 6.3
A family name used by some people
  • proper noun
translation icon : Bartholomew
  • Bartholomew Bookbinder.
  • Bartholomew and Horowitz
  • Bartholomew and Horowitz, 1991
  • Bartholomew says

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Synonyms

patronymic
vsBartholomew
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A last name that comes from a father's first name

is one specific family name formed from a personal given name

Surface Forms

Etymology

Bartholomew as a family name comes from the old parts bar and Tolmai, where bar means 'son' and the whole name means 'son of Tolmai'. Families often used an ancestor's first name as a last name, so people became known by the surname Bartholomew.