Meaning of name Bartelby

The name Bartelby has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Bartelby is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Bartelby for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Bartholomew, of which the name Bartelby is a variant.

The name Bartelby is very likely a(n) Aramaic variant of the name Bartholomew. See other suggested Aramaic boy baby names.

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The following names are baby names related to Bartelby and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Bartelby: Boys - Thos, Girls - Tamika, Tomeka, Both genders - Thomas

The name Bartelby is a variant of Bartholomew. Other popular variants of the name Bartholomew are: Bairtlimead (Irish Gaelic), Balta (Spanish), Bardo (Danish), Bario (Spanish), Barolo (Spanish), Barta (Hungarian), Bartalan (Hungarian), Bartek (Polish), Bartel (Dutch), Bartelby, Barth, Barthel (German), Barthelemy (French), Bartho, Barthol, Barthold, Bartholemew, Bartholmieu (French), Bartholomaios, Bartholome (French), Bartholomeus, Bartin, Bartle, Bartlet, Bartlett, Barto (Czech), Bartol (German), Bartoleme (Spanish), Bartoli (Spanish), Bartolomeo (Italian), Bartolommeo, Bartome, Bartos (Polish), Bartosz (Czech), Bartow, Bartt, Bartz (Czech), Bat, Bates, Bertalan (Hungarian), Bertel (German), Meo (Italian), Parlan (Scottish Gaelic), Parthalan (Irish), Partholon (Irish), Perttu (Finnish), Toli (Spanish), Varfolomei (Russian)

We think the name Bartelby should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Bartelby to be: A religious and rich man

In one word, you might describe Bartelby as a(n) "religious" person.

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