Ptolemy

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “pólemos (πόλεμος) ptólemos (πτόλεμος) Ptolemaîos (Πτολεμαῖος),” meaning “aggressive, combative, warrior.” In history, there were many characters named Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus. The most famous in history was the Greek-Egyptian astronomer “Kláudios Ptolemaíos (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος)” and the Macedonian founder and ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter. The name Ptolemaios varied over the years from its roots in Ancient Greece, appearing in different languages in various forms and spellings. Ptolemy is a Greek version of the Hebrew and Aramaic name Bartholomew, meaning “son of Talmai.”