Bartlett surname meaning

Bartlett comes from the Middle English and Old French personal name Bertelot or Bartelot, built with the Old French double diminutive suffix -elot on Bartholomew. In practice it marks “little Bartholomew” or a familiar form of that biblical given name rather than a place or trade. Bartlet, Bartlette, and Bartleet are spelling variants; Partlett is a documented alteration. Scottish Mac Pharthaláin (McFarlane) is a Gaelic cognate path to the same Latin Bartholomaeus. Parent’s name is the right type, and the Bartholomew pet-form reading is high confidence.