Given name & surname
Balthasar
“baal protect the king”
Balthasar is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”
Balthasar’s family of names
In German usage, Balthasar has a diminutive in Balthes. Balthasar shares a linguistic root with Baltasar. In German usage, Balthasar has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Baltazar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Balthasar has relatives in 8 languages.
11 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Balthasar
- Balthasar NeumannGerman engineer and architect (1687–1753)
- BalthusFrench painter (1908–2001)
- Balthasar Charles, Prince of AsturiasPrince of Asturias; (1629-1646)
- Balthasar van der AstDutch painter (1593-1657)
- Balthasar HubmaierGerman Anabaptist leader1485–1528
- Balthasar Gérardassassin of William I of Orange1557–1584
- Balthasar BekkerDutch minister and author1634–1698
- Balthasar van der PolDutch physicist (1889-1959)
- Balthasar PermoserGerman sculptor (1651-1732)
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Similar names
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>99% boys
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80% boys · 20% girls
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
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