Balas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Balas

What is the meaning of the name Balas ?

The baby name Balas is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAH-lahs (/ˈbɑːlɑs/).

Balas is Indian in Origin.

Balas is a diacritic-free form of the Hungarian given name Balázs, itself the Hungarian adaptation of Latin Blasius, from blaesus “lisping, stammering.” Through the cult of Saint Blaise the name entered many European languages; in Hungary it has medieval attestations and remains familiar, with the name day on 3 February. Modern records sometimes spell it Balas in international contexts or when diacritics are unavailable.

Variants and cognates include Balázs/Balazs, Blaise (French/English), Blas (Spanish), Blasius (Latin, German), Blaž (Slovene/Croatian), Blaže (Macedonian), Blažej (Polish/Czech), Blaze (modern English), and Balys (Lithuanian). Diminutives in Hungarian include Bazsi. In South Asian usage, Balas can also be a clipped or anglicized short form of compound names beginning with Bala- (e.g., Balasubramanian), from Sanskrit bala “strength, vigor,” which yields the alternative, culturally specific sense of “strong.”