Bartkus Explained

Bartkus is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Bartkuvienė (married woman or widow) and Bartkutė (unmarried woman). The (masculine) name is actually a diminutive of the given name Bartolomejus - Bartholomew.

The surname may refer to:

• Džiugas Bartkus
• Frank Bartkus (1915-1986), a U.S. soccer goalkeeper
• (b. 1966), Lithuanian lawyer, Justice minister
• Petras Bartkus, Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan
• Ray Bartkus (b. 1961) is a Lithuanian artist
• Vitalija Bartkuvienė (1939-1966), Lithuanian painter

See also

• • • • Bartkus v. Illinois, is a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1959.
• Bartek, a similar Polish name