Bartholomew (name)

Bartholomew is an English or Jewish given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai". "Bar" is Aramaic for "son", and marks patronyms. "Talmai" either comes from "telem" "furrow" or is a Hebrew version of Ptolemy. Thus Bartholomew is either "son of furrows" (i.e., rich in land) or "son of Ptolemy".
Bartholomew is English or Scottish but also a Jewish surname with the same meaning as the above as a given name.