Balthazar

Balthasar as one of the Magi, Agaete (Gran Canaria)

Balthasar is a male first name and a surname.

Origin and Distribution

Balthasar is the Greek form of the Babylonian given name Bel-šarru-uṣur . It means Baal / God save the king .

The name is passed down from a Babylonian regent from the 6th century, who was also mentioned in the Bible ( Dan 28  EU ). It was also used as an epithet of the prophet Daniel in the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (Septuagimta) Dan 10.1  EU .

In Central Europe, at least since the 9th century, Balthasar was used as the name of one of the three wise men (astrologers) when Jesus was born and has been used as a first name ever since.

name day

• January 6th ( Three Wise Men Remembrance Day )

variants

• Baldassarre - Italian
• Baltasar
• Baltazar - Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
• Baltazár - Slovak, Czech
• Balthasar - German, Dutch
• Balthazar - English, French
• Boldizsár - Hungarian
• Бальтазар - Serbian, Russian
• Балтазар - Bulgarian, Ukrainian

Short forms

Balcer (Polish), Balczus (Prussian-Lithuanian), Baldus , Baldzer , Balles , Balster , Baltes , Balthas , Balthes , Baltz , Baltzer , Balzar , Balzer , Hauser (Carinthia), Hausl ( Bavarian )

Derived forms

• Balczuweit , Baldzuweit , Balschuweit (Prussian-Lithuanian)
• Baldessari (Italian)

reinterpretation

The last name Waldhauser comes from a reinterpretation of the nickname Balthasar.

Well-known namesake

First name

Balthazar

• one of the three kings ; However, the Bible does not mention their names, they have only been handed down since the 8th century.
  Remembrance day (Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox): January 6th.
• Balthasar of Thuringia (1336–1406), Margrave of Meißen and Landgrave of Thuringia
• Balthasar (Werle) (around 1375–1421), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
• Balthasar (Mecklenburg) (1451–1507) Duke of Mecklenburg
• Balthasar von Promnitz (1488–1562), Bishop of Breslau
• Balthasar von Esens († 1540), medieval pirate
• Balthasar von Dernbach (1548–1606; called Grauel), Benedictine, prince abbot of Fulda 1570–1576 and 1602–1606, carried out the Counter Reformation and the persecution of witches
• Balthasar von Aachen (17th century), German stonemason
• Balthasar Glättli (* 1972), Swiss politician
• Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658), Spanish writer, university professor and Jesuit
• Balthasar de Castro (* ~ 1620; † 1687), from a Sephardic family, was a Marrane, doctor, philosopher and writer
• Balthasar Mentzer the Elder (1565–1627), German Lutheran theologian
• Balthasar Mentzer the Younger (1614–1679), German Lutheran theologian
• Balthasar Mentzer III (1651–1727), German mathematician, astronomer and university professor
• Balthasar Mentzer IV (1679–1741), German Lutheran theologian * Balthasar Permoser (1651–1732) important baroque sculptor, responsible for the sculpture at the Zwinger (Dresden)
• Balthasar Nick (1678–1749), Baroque and Rococo builder
• Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), German builder
• Balthasar Friedrich Wilhelm Zimmermann (1807–1878), pastor, parliamentarian, peasant war researcher
• Balthasar Klossowski de Rola with the stage name Balthus (1908–2001), French painter
• Max Balthasar Streibl (1932–1998), former Prime Minister of Bavaria
• Balthasar Schneider (* 1984), Austrian ski jumper

Balthazar

• Balthazar Johannes Vorster (1915–1983), South African politician of the apartheid era, President

family name

• Balthasar (family) , West Pomeranian pastors and scholars
• Balthasar (Lucerne) , noble family (cf., among others, Hans Urs von Balthasar )
• Anna Christina Ehrenfried von Balthasar (1737–1808), Baccalaurea of ​​the Arts and Philosophy
• Augustinus Balthasar (1632–1688), German Protestant theologian and general superintendent
• Augustin Balthasar (1632–1688), German Protestant theologian and general superintendent, see Augustinus Balthasar
• Augustin von Balthasar (1701–1786), German lawyer and historian
• Basilius Balthasar (1709–1776), librarian at the St. Gallen monastery
• Christiane Balthasar (* 1970), German television director
• Eucharius Balthasar , Benedictine and Abbot representative
• Felix Balthasar (1794–1854), Swiss politician (liberal)
• Franz Urs von Balthasar (1689–1763), Swiss clergyman
• Georg Balthasar († 1629), Bohemian Protestant martyr; Remembrance day (Protestant): August 14th
• Georg Nikolaus von Balthasar (1692–1753), German military in Swedish service
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), Swiss Catholic theologian and cardinal-designate
• Jacob III Balthasar (1594–1670), German theologian
• Jacob IV. Balthasar (1618–1691), German theologian
• Jakob Balthasar (legal scholar) (1652–1706), German legal scholar
• Jakob Heinrich von Balthasar (1690–1763), German Protestant theologian and historical researcher
• Johann Gustav von Balthasar (1704–1773), German mayor and district administrator
• Joseph Anton Felix von Balthasar (1737–1810), Swiss politician, historian and statesman
• Karl Balthasar (1868–1937), German Protestant theologian and university professor
• Marcel Balthasar (* 1939), Luxembourg archer
• Philipp Jakob von Balthasar (1726–1807), German theologian and church historian
• Ramona Balthasar (* 1964), German rower
• Sebastian Balthasar (* 1996), German automobile racing driver
• Wilhelm Balthasar (1914–1941), German fighter pilot
• Wilhelm Augustin Balthasar-Wolfradt (1864–1945), German Freemason
• Wilhelm Augustin Balthasar (1866–1933), German tax officer and playwright

Other uses

• a bottle size for champagne

See also

• For example, Balthasar

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Balthasar Digital Family Name Dictionary
2. ↑ Balczuweit Digital family name dictionary, AdW Mainz
3. ↑ Duden Online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Wiktionary: Balthasar  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Balthasar (Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints)