Given name & surname

Balz

“baal protect the king”

In German use, Balz is a diminutive of Balthasar. One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

In German use, Balz is a diminutive of Balthasar. One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”

Explained through its name family

How it developed

In German usage, Balz is a diminutive of Balthasar. In German usage, Balz is a short form of Balthasar.

Balz’s family of names

In German usage, Balz is a diminutive of Balthasar. In German usage, Balz has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form BALDA. In German usage, Balz is a short form of Balthasar.

Walk Balz’s family in the name graph

BalzBalthasarBalzerBaldaBalty

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Balz has relatives in 3 languages.

German

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Balz

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Balz, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic · Royal

Baldrih

“bold, brave” · “ruler, king”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Royal

Bazza

“a fair-haired man” · “royal”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Royal

Bazyli

“royal” · “of the royal family; a kingly man”

No U.S. birth series

93% boys · 7% girls

Royal

Basili

“of the royal line; queenly; one who is valiant”

No U.S. birth series

89% boys · 11% girls

Royal

Basilic

“royal” · “of the royal family; a kingly man”

No U.S. birth series

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Royal

Basylia

“of the royal line; queenly; one who is valiant”

No U.S. birth series

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Royal

Basilya

“of the royal line; queenly; one who is valiant”

No U.S. birth series

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Royal

Banoe

“a princess; a distinguished lady”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Balz’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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