Come on, seriously. Who would ever want to name their son something that rhymes with "fart" but is even uglier a word? Maybe someone who desperately wanted a daughter or something.
I have a twin brother that is named, Bart. He was named after the football player Bart Starr. I actually love this name. He goes by Bart but his actual name is Barton.
In addition to immediately making people think of Bart Simpson, this name is too close to 'fart' and 'barf'. It's an ugly name. The reason Matt Groening used it was that it's an anagram of 'brat'. So there.
I like this name. It makes me think of Black Bart, who single handedly held up Wells-Fargo stagecoaches. And wrote poetry (admittedly, not good poetry, but still.).
Oh man, do I hate this name! I don't want to express my anger towards it. Haha. That sounds devilish. But I really think Bartholomew sounds much more pleasant than BART. It's one syllable. I don't like one syllable names. Bart. Ugh. No thank you.
Well, I like the name Bart! It's short and simple, and not common, and kind of cute. :) And if my name was Bartholomew, I'm pretty sure I would drop the last seven syllables and go with something simpler, and that would frankly call for less ridicule, not more.