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Baltasar
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic spelling of Βαλτασαρ (Baltasar), a Greek form of the Hebrew name לְשַׁאצַּר (Belshatzzar) which derives from Akkadian
1)
Bēl-ŝarra-uzur [1]
Bel-scharra-usur [2]
Belteshassar [3]
Beltsasar [4]
meaning 'may (the god) Bel/Baal protect the king' [2] [1] [5] [6] [7] [3] [4]
meaning 'may (the god) Bel/Baal protect his life' [8] [4]
Related Names
| Balsa | ♂ |   |
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| Balser | ♂ |  |
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| Baltasar | ♂ |  |
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| Baltazar | ♂ | |
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| Balthasar | ♂ | |
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| Balthazar | ♂ | |
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| Baltsa | ♂ | |
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| Baltsar | ♂ | |
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| Baltser | ♂ |  |
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| Baltzar | ♂ | |
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| Baltzer | ♂ |  |
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| Balzar | ♂ | |
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| Balzer | ♂ | |
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| Palssari | ♂ | |
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See also Sari
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Baltasarsson |
|
Female
| Baltasarsdóttir |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baltasar |
| Genitive: | Baltasars |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baltasar |
| Accusative: | Baltasar |
| Dative: | Baltasari |
| Genitive: | Baltasars |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baltasar |
| Genitive: | Baltasarin |
| Partitive: | Baltasaria |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baltasar |
| Accusative: | Baltasar |
| Dative: | Baltasar |
| Genitive: | Baltasars |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baltasar |
| Genitive: | Baltasars |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baltasar |
| Genitive: | Baltasars |
Name Day
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19 October |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Bible
- One of the Three Wise Men or Magi, who brought gifts to the infant Jesus. See also Kaspar and Melchior.
Trivia
- Baltasar is also used as an Icelandic horse name
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Iceland[9] |
|
0 | 0 | 110 | 118 |
| Sweden[10] |
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0 | 0 | 16 | 54 |
| Norway[11] |
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0 | n.a. | 9 | n.a. |
| Denmark[12] |
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0 | n.a. | 7 | n.a. |
| Finland[13] |
|
0 | 0 | n.a. | 3 |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables