Balthazar (given name)

Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar, Balthassar, or Baltazar), from Akkadian ð’‚—ð’ˆ—ð’‹€ Bel-shar-uzur, meaning "Bel protects the King" is the name commonly attributed to Balthazar (magus), one of the Three Wise Men, at least in the west. Though no names are given in the Gospel of Matthew, this was one of the names the Western church settled on in the 8th century, based on the original meaning, though other names were used by Eastern churches. It is an alternate form of the Babylonian king Belshazzar, mentioned in the Book of Daniel.

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The Armenian variation of the name is Baghdasar.[1]

People with the name

Fictional characters with the name

Film

  • Balthasar, a demon in the film Constantine played by Gavin Rossdale
  • Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp, a pseudonym of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the film of the same name
  • Balthasar, a supporting character in the film The Scorpion King played by actor Michael Clarke Duncan
  • Balthazar Blake, a thousand-year-old sorcerer, protagonist of the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice played by Nicolas Cage
  • Balthazar Bratt, a supervillain and former child star, main antagonist of the 2017 film Despicable Me 3 voiced by Trey Parker
  • Edgar Balthazar, a butler, main antagonist of the 1970 film The Aristocats voiced by Roddy Maude-Roxby
  • Balthazar M. Edison, male human who became the Villain "Krall" in the 2016 film "Star Trek: Beyond"
  • Balthazar, the donkey in the 1966 French film Au Hasard Balthazar.

Gaming

Novels

Plays

Television

  • Birk Balthazar, the father of Sofia Balthazar in Sofia the First
  • Balthazar, a demon in the episode "Bad Girls" of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Balthasar, the godfather of Gargamel in The Smurfs
  • Belthazor, alternate name of the character Cole Turner in the TV series Charmed, portrayed by Julian McMahon
  • Balthazar, an angel in the TV series Supernatural, portrayed by Sebastian Roché
  • Balthasar, one of three cooperating supercomputers in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Balthazar, the dog on the British sitcom Vicious
  • Baltazar, the main villain in the CGI Doctor Who story The Infinite Quest
  • Balthazar, a stuffed bear who was the leader on Jim Henson's The Secret Life of Toys
  • Balthazar Cavendish, friend of Vinnie Dakota in Milo Murphy's Law

See also

References

  1. Patrick Hanks. Bagdassarian // Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press, 2013. p. 83,
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