Bartholomew is an English or Jewish (generally also Christian) given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai".

[1] 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 (Barry) is English or Scottish, but also a Jewish surname with the same meaning as the above as a given name.