Given name & surname · also Latin
Balthazar
“baal protect the king”
Balthazar is a variant of Balthasar. One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Balthazar is a variant of Balthasar. One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Balthazar comes from Latin, and ultimately from Akkadian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Balthazar developed from Βαλτάσαρ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Balthazar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 217
- 217 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,824 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,824 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 285 as a first name in 2020; 1,035 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Balthazar’s family of names
In English usage, Balthazar shares a linguistic root with the Hungarian form Baltazár. In English usage, Balthazar has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Baltazar. In English usage, Balthazar has a conventional equivalent in the Occitan form Baltasar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Balthazar has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BaltazarPolish
- Baldassareequivalent
- BaltasarSpanish, Occitan
- बाल्तुequivalent
- BaldassarreItalian
- Baltazárcognate · Hungarian
- Boldizsárcognate · Hungarian
- Boltežarequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Balthazar
- BaltazarBrazilian association football playerborn 1959
- Baltazar Enrique Porras CardozoArchbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Méridaborn 1944
- Balthazar GettyAmerican actor and musicianborn 1975
- Valtazar BogišićSerbian jurist and sociologist (1834–1908)
- Baldassarre NegroniItalian film director (1877–1948)
- Baltazar Mathias KeilhauNorwegian geologist and professor (1797-1858)
- Baldassare FranceschiniItalian painter (1611-1690)
- Balthazar LangeNorwegian architect (1854-1937)
- Balthazar GerbierAnglo-Dutch courtier, diplomat (1592–1663)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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