Balthazar

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Origin: Akkadian

Meaning: a variant of Belshazzar, the Hebrew form of an Akkadian name Bel-sarra-usur meaning "Ba'al protect the king" or "Ba'al safeguard the king", Ba'al being the chief god in Phoenician mythology and all across Mesopotamia. 


Variants:

• Belshazzar (Hebrew)
• Baltasar (Biblical Greek, Spanish)
• Baltassar (Biblical Latin)
• Baldasarre (Italian)
• Balzer (German)
• Boldizsár (Hungarian)
• Baltazar