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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in German
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German (Germany, Berlin)
01 / Meaning & origin
Balz is a masculine given name documented in German.
Kurzform von Balthasar
02 / Across borders
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03 / By the numbers
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04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Balz— “war council (?)”
_Balz_, _m._ _Swiss_, Pers. war council (?), 211
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
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