Balthasar

Gender Masculine

Usage Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend

Meaning & History

Latin form of Balthazar. Shakespeare used it for minor characters in Romeo and Juliet (1596) and Much Ado About Nothing (1599).

Related Names

RootsBel + šarru + naṣāru

VariantsBaltazar, Balthazar

Other Languages & CulturesBaghdasar(Armenian) Bel-Sharra-Usur, Belshazzar(Babylonian) Belshazzar(Biblical) Baltasar(Biblical Greek) Belshatztzar(Biblical Hebrew) Baltassar(Biblical Latin) Boldizsár(Hungarian) Baldassare, Baldo(Italian) Baltasar(Spanish)

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Name Days

Denmark: October 19

Categories

knights of the Habsburg Golden Fleece, Shakespearean characters, Trinity Blood characters

Entry updated June 9, 2023