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
bart · 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.