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Balthasar m. Hebrew בלשאצר, Phoenician 𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤅-𐤓𐤀𐤔-𐤕𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤁 'God protects the king'.

The traditional name of one of the three Magi. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Balthasar.

Belgium
Dutch
● 1585 Balthasar MPSA p. 84; 1586 Balthasar ibid. p. 84; 1587 Balthasar ibid. p. 85; 1590 Balthasar ibid. p. 86; 1591 Balthasar ibid. p. 86; 1592 Balthasar ibid. p. 87; 1595 Balthazar ibid. p. 88; 1596 Balthazar ibid. p. 89; 1597 Balthazar ibid. p. 89; 1597x1598 Baltasar BoonenGes p. 371, Balthasars (gen) ibid. p. 387; 1599 Balthazar MPSA p. 90
Denmark
Danish
● 1581 Baltzer KD-1 no. 362
England
Dutch
● 1576 Baltasar AuFr Deick; 1582 Balthazar ibid. Linden; 1583 Balthazar ibid. Linden; 1586 Baltazar ibid. Linde; 1588 Balthazar ibid. Linden; 1591 Balthasar ibid. Fabri; 1594 Balthazar ibid. Linde
Early Modern English
● 1549 Baltasar StAnthonlin p. 7; 1588 Baltazar DEmar-vol2 p. 16
Middle French
● 1574 baltasar WCS p. 10; 1576 Baltasar ibid. p. 42; 1577 baltazar ibid. p. 43; 1578 baltazar ibid. p. 44; 1579 baltasar ibid. p. 44; 1584 Baltazar ibid. p. 46, baltasar ibid. p. 46; 1587 Balthasar ibid. p. 47; 1588 Balthasar ibid. p. 48; 1589 Balthasar ibid. p. 48; 1598 Balthasar ibid. p. 52
Walloon
● 1583 Balcasar RWC p. 437; 1584 Balthasar ibid. p. 8
France
Latin
● 1378 Baltasor (gen) hanquetvol1 527, Balthasar (nom) ibid. 591
Middle French
● 1418 Balthasar DdB1418 p. 212, HGParis p. 386
Germany
Latin
● 1401 balthasar (dat) HD1401 no. 226
Early New High German
● 1413 Balthazar (nom) mairhofer DCXCVI; 1497 Baltasar Nurn1497 1118, Baltsar ibid. 1414; 1555 Baltisarn (dat) MHCG2 335
Italy
Latin
● 1464 Baldasal (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI; 1490 Baldasaris (gen) VitAs2 III, Baldassaris (gen) ibid. II; 1521 Baldasar (nom) ibid. IV, Baltasari (gen) ibid. V; 1527 Balthassar (nom) Rome1527 p. 84
Spain
Latin
● 1487 Balthasar (nom) carbonell-I p. 10; 1488 Baltasar (nom) ibid. p. 21, Baltasaris (gen) ibid. p. 25; 1490 Baltasaris (gen) ibid. p. 43; 1491 Baltasar (nom) ibid. p. 62, Baltasaris (gen) ibid. p. 65; 1492 Baltasaris (gen) ibid. p. 66
Catalan
● 1510 Baltasar valencia1510 3825, Balthasar ibid. 438
Spanish
● 1575 Baltasar Catalogo-5.2 3818; 1576 Baltasar ibid. 3930
Switzerland
Early New High German
● 1553 Balthasar (nom) MHCG2 330; 1554 Balltasar (nom) ibid. 332
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Balthasar". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Balthasar.