- Bartholomew, Saint by Leslie Day
... may have been Nathanael bar Tolmai. By tradition he was a missionary to Ethiopia, Mesopotamia, Parthia (in modern Iran), Lycaonia (in modern Turkey), and Armenia. He was supposedly martyred at the command of the Armenian king Astyages, who had him flayed and beheaded.
- Bat by Joan Ellis
Bat is a masculine given nameAmerican: Short for BartholomewHebrew: Diminutive of Bartholomew: Ploughman. Son of Talmai (Talmai is a variant of Tolmai, meaning abounding in furrows.) Famous bearer: St Bartholomew was an apostle of Jesus Christ
- Tolly by Joan Ellis
Tolly is a masculine given nameHebrew: Diminutive of Bartholomew: Ploughman. Son of Talmai (Talmai is a variant of Tolmai, meaning abounding in furrows.) Famous bearer: St Bartholomew was an apostle of Jesus ChristEnglish: Pet form of Bartholomew