Baby name
FADING
🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇺🇸 Bart
/BART/
Meaning
“Son of Talmai (son of the furrows)”
Short form of Bartholomew, from Aramaic Bar-Talmai meaning son of Talmai (son of the furrows); internationally the name is now primarily associated with The Simpsons character, which complicates its use.
Nicknames
barth
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
The Simpsons association has made this difficult to use seriously since 1989; a genuine pop-culture casualty.
The cultural moment.
Common in the Netherlands and Belgium before 1989; usage dropped noticeably after The Simpsons premiere.