Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Βαλτάσαρ
“may Baal protect the king”
Βαλτάσαρ (Baltásar) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew, ultimately from Akkadian. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Baltásar.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Βαλτάσαρ goes back to Akkadian Bēl-šarra-uṣur, meaning “may Baal protect the king.”
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Where it comes from
Βαλτάσαρ comes from Biblical Hebrew, and ultimately from Akkadian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ancient Greek usage, Βαλτάσαρ developed from Bēl-šarra-uṣur.
Βαλτάσαρ’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Βαλτάσαρ developed from the Akkadian form Bēl-šarra-uṣur. In Greek usage, Βαλτάσαρ has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Baltazar. In Ancient Greek usage, Βαλτάσαρ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Baltásar.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Βαλτάσαρ has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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