Name meaning Balthazar

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Balthazar (Given name)

Balthazar is a name for boys. The origin of the name is Persian. On our website 7 people with the name Balthazar rated their name with 4.5 stars(out of 5). So they seem very satisfied! Sometimes people write the name wrong. In our language some people struggle with the pronunciation of the name. Abroad this is a perfectly fine name.
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Meaning of Balthazar

The meaning of Balthazar is: "Non-historic name of one of the Magi, the Three Kings (see Caspar and Melchior). That they were regarded as kings based on the (Lat.) text of Psalm 72.10: "Reges Tharsis et insulae Munera afferent; Arabum reges et Saba dona adducent" (The kings of Tarshish, the coastal country, they will bring him gifts, the kings of Sheba and Seba, they contribute their estimate of him). Saba, Ethiopia, hence one of them is always depicted with black skin color (see Timmers, 219). The name seems to Persians. origin (compare Belshazzar in the Book of Daniel) and then means "God (Baal) protect his life." Church. Holidays: January 6 In the early Middle Ages, the three names are in use. Balthazar in n. since around 1500.".