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Balthazar (given name)

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Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar, Balthassar, or Baltazar), from Akkadian 𒂗𒈗𒋀 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.

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

People with the name

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Fictional characters with the name

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Film

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  • Balthazar, the donkey in the French film Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
  • Balthasar, a demon in the film Constantine (2005) 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 (2002) played by actor Michael Clarke Duncan
  • Balthazar Blake, a thousand-year-old sorcerer, protagonist of the film The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) played by Nicolas Cage
  • Balthazar Bratt, a supervillain and former child star, main antagonist of the film Despicable Me 3 (2017) voiced by Trey Parker
  • Edgar Balthazar, a butler, main antagonist of the film The Aristocats (1970) voiced by Roddy Maude-Roxby
  • Balthazar M. Edison, male human who became the villain Krall in the film Star Trek Beyond (2016)

Gaming

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Television

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  • 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
  • Lord Balthazar, the godfather of Gargamel and one of the main antagonists 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

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References

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