My last name - Beattie - is also in the "Bartholomew" nickname group along with Bates/Bateson. Bartholomew means "son of Ptolemy", so the name is sort of "Ptol

My last name - Beattie - is also in the "Bartholomew" nickname group along with Bates/Bateson. Bartholomew means "son of Ptolemy", so the name is sort of "Ptolemy's son Bart's kid". (Fun fact: Just to drive the Brits crazy, many families in the U.S with that surname (including mine) pronounce it "bee-AT-tee" instead of "bee-tee". God knows why. Maybe it's an attempt to get people to spell it correctly.)