Boldizsar as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Boldizsar

What is the meaning of the name Boldizsar ?

The baby name Boldizsar is a Male name and is pronounced /ˈboldiʒaːr/ — BOL-dee-ZHAHR (Hungarian; stress on first syllable).

Boldizsar is Hebrew in Origin.

Boldizsar is the Hungarian form of Balthazar, rooted in the Akkadian royal name Bel-šar-uṣur (“Bel protect the king”), transmitted through the Biblical Belshazzar to Greek/Latin Balthasar and into medieval Christian tradition. It entered Hungarian usage in the Middle Ages via church records tied to Epiphany and the legend of the Three Magi; the name remains recognizably traditional and has seen modest revival in Hungary since the late 20th century. The Hungarian name day is January 6.

Variants include Balthazar and Balthasar (English, French, German), Baltasar (Spanish, Portuguese), Baltazar (Polish, Czech, Slovak), and Italian Baldassarre; the Biblical Belshazzar is a related form. In Hungarian the standard spelling is Boldizsár, with the shorter Boldizsar appearing without diacritics. Common diminutives are Boldi and Zsár. Pronunciation in Hungarian is BOHL-dee-zhaar, with stress on the first syllable and zs like the s in “measure.”

⚙ Boldizsar is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Boldizsar appears only 7 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.