Barthelmy as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Barthelmy

What is the meaning of the name Barthelmy ?

The baby name Barthelmy is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced bar-THEL-mee,/bɑrˈθɛlmi/,French: /baʁ.te.le.mi/.

Barthelmy is Aramaic in Origin.

Barthelmy is a rare spelling of the Bartholomew/Barthélemy family, ultimately from Aramaic Bar-Talmai, “son of Talmai,” with Talmai commonly glossed as “furrowed” or “abounding in furrows,” evoking a ploughman. The name passed into Greek as Bartholomaios and Latin as Bartholomaeus, gaining wide currency across Christian Europe through Saint Bartholomew, one of the Twelve Apostles; his feast is kept on 24 August. Spellings close to Barthelmy appear in early modern English and French records alongside Barthélemy.

Cognates and variants include Bartholomew (English), Barthélemy (French), Bartolomeo (Italian), Bartolomé (Spanish), Bartolomeu (Portuguese), Bartłomiej (Polish), Bartoloměj (Czech), Bartolomej (Slovak), and Bertalan (Hungarian). Diminutives and short forms include Bart, Barty, and Bat. Though the name declined in everyday use after the 17th century in some regions, Barthelmy today offers an uncommon, historically grounded choice that remains easily understood via its better-known international relatives.

⚙ Barthelmy is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 19 recorded uses across 6 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.