MEANING & HISTORY
What does Tolome mean?
Tolome is explicitly a clipping of Bartolome in Tagalog. The linked Bartolome account traces Spanish Bartolomé through Greek and Latin to the Aramaic patronymic associated with Bartholomew, son of Talmay.
This is a supported historical chain, not a word-by-word analysis of Tolome itself. The paternal construction in the older name does not reveal the actual father of a modern bearer.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /toloˈme/Standard-Tagalog
- [t̪o.loˈmɛ]Standard-Tagalog
To · lo · me3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Clipping of Bartolome.
a diminutive of the male given name Bartolome
Wiktionary: Tolome (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Tolome in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Tolome
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Salome·Peace-name form through Aramaic and Hebrew
- Bartolome♂Spanish Bartholomew; son of Talmai
- Bartolomé♂Son of Talmai
- Jerome♂Sacred name
- Naome·Documented Setswana biblical form of Naomi
- Tolin♂Shortened Antolin
- Tom♂Short form of Thomas; twin
- Tommy♂Affectionate form of Tom or Thomas
What rhymes with Tolome?
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Explore Tolome further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Tolome (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Bartolome (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted exact linked-base name formation; original dictionary separately attributed CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Bartholomew (opens in a new tab)
Aramaic son of Talmay.