Baby name

CLASSIC BOY · ARAMAIC-POLISH
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Bartłomiej

/bar · TWOH · myey/


“Son of the furrows”

Polish form of Bartholomew, from Aramaic Bar-Talmai meaning son of the furrows; the cluster of consonants is entirely natural in Polish and marks the name as authentically local.

bartek

elegant

How it ages.

Solid Polish classic; the full form is formal, Bartek is the everyday name everyone actually uses.

The cultural moment.

Consistent in Poland throughout the 20th century; Bartek remains a standard Polish boy name.