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Βαλτάσαρ

“may Baal protect the king”

Language contexts for this entry: Greek, Ancient Greek

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/balˈta.sar/ · Ancient Greek (1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian)

Origin: Akkadian
2 language contexts: Greek Ancient Greek
Follow the evidence: 2 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Βαλτάσαρ

Βαλτάσαρ is a masculine given name documented in Greek and Ancient Greek. English Wiktionary traces it to Akkadian Bēl-šarra-uṣur via Biblical Hebrew, with the stated meaning “may Baal protect the king”.

Akkadian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “may Baal protect the king”

From Biblical Hebrew בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר (Bēlṭəšaṣṣar), from Akkadian Bēl-šarra-uṣur (literally “may Baal protect the king”).

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Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

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03 / By the numbers

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04 / Through time

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06 / Behind the facts

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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms2

Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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About Βαλτάσαρ

Akkadian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “may Baal protect the king”

From Biblical Hebrew בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר (Bēlṭəšaṣṣar), from Akkadian Bēl-šarra-uṣur (literally “may Baal protect the king”).

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Biblical Hebrew
Akkadian

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Language records

Documented as a given name in Greek.

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Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms2

Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ΒαλτάσαρCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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Akkadian origin

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Popularity over time

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A story to pass on.

About Βαλτάσαρ

Akkadian origin

Where Βαλτάσαρ is used

Across borders

Greece

Popularity over time

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page