Balthasar
About Balthasar
Balthasar was one of the biblical Three Kings who visited the infant Jesus, also used by Shakespeare and in the oil-rich Getty family; offbeat and intriguing. Balthazar is another, equally appropriate spelling.
Pronounced bal-THAZ-ar.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
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Balthasar on lists
Famous Balthasars
- Balthasar Charles
Prince of Asturias, Crown Prince of Spain
- Balthasar Denner
German painter
- Balthasar Klossowski aka Balthus
French modern artist
- (Johann) Balthasar Neumann
German architect
- Balthasar Beschey
Flemish painter
- Balthasar van den Bossche
Flemish painter
- Balthasar Bekker
Dutch minister and theologian whose writings helped end witch trials
- Balthasar Hubmaier
German Anabaptist leader
- Balthasar Glättli
Swiss politician
- Balthasar Ferdinand Moll
Austrian sculptor
- Balthasar Gerards
assassin of William the Silent
Balthasar in pop culture
- Balthasar
character in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
Variations & nicknames
- BaltasaruFrench
- BaltasarSpanish
- BalthazarHebrew
- BelshazzarHebrew
- BaldassareItalian