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Balthazar- thoughts?

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iloveburmese3 · 30/11/2022 19:43

Balthazar or Balto for short... Do we like it?

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AttilaTheUOkHun · 02/12/2022 22:40

My thoughts

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Ilovealido · 02/12/2022 22:37

Strokethefurrywall · 30/11/2022 20:11

I like it! It reminds me of the actor Balthazar Getty from Lord of the Flies and Young Guns 2.

He was big in the early 90s, loved him!

So Balthazar gets my vote! 👍🏼

YES! I had a huge crush on him but no one else seems to remember him. I also like it as a name OP.

LeandraDear · 02/12/2022 22:34

We Three Kings of orient are...

CurrentHun · 02/12/2022 22:33

Only if NN is Balonz

Mirabai · 02/12/2022 22:22

Love. I’d call him Zar for short.

Eleusa · 01/12/2022 18:13

It makes me think of the three wise men and also the restaurant.

Caspar is another option. Would probably give Melchior a skip.

scottishnames · 01/12/2022 18:10

I think of theThree Wise Men (very good, magical) but also of Lawrence Durrell - a brilliant writer but an unstable and maybe a much - unspeakably - worse abusive parent. www.heraldscotland.com/news/12025336.a-man-pursued-by-furies/
Balthazar is the title of one of the books in Durrell's best-known and (at the time, 1950s) highly praised and remarkable 'Alexandria Quartet'.

Brother of the more genial Gerald 'My Family and Other Animals', if that helps.

More usually shortened to Bart, I think ...

Numbat2022 · 30/11/2022 22:57

I really like it, and I was sort of considering it for my child (along with some far more common names). But when I actually had a baby in my arms I realised it was a daft name to choose, you can't name a tiny baby Balthazar unless your ego is the size of a planet or you live in a hippy bubble. So no.

Also no good nicknames. Balto will become Balti.

IDontWantToBeAPie · 30/11/2022 22:45

I actually know an adult Balthazar. It suits him. Nickname is Balthy

Sandysandwich · 30/11/2022 22:45

Awful name- really mean thing to do to a child.
Nobody deseves to be called bathazar, poor kid.

Galvantula · 30/11/2022 22:40

I only came here to see if anyone else was thinking "Sean, Daniel or Balonz" 😅 @Savethedramaforyourmama

www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/2197937-Help-Difficult-choice-of-boys-names-Sean-Daniel-or-Balonz?reply=49826751

It's not a terrible name OP, bit maybe a bit of a mouthful to shout many times a day. 🤔😄

hoowhoo · 30/11/2022 22:39

No

VisitingThem · 30/11/2022 22:36

OldWivesTale · 30/11/2022 21:17

I don't think he is actually but he sounds like one of the demoms - this was my first thought.

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Does sound like a World of Warcraft demon, maybe go for Kil'Jaeden OP, Jay for short :D

soundsystem · 30/11/2022 22:36

My daughter called her little brother Balthazar for a whole holiday once (don't ask). In public, loudly. We got some strange looks from people who thought we'd actually called our small son Balthazar. Don't do it!

VisitingThem · 30/11/2022 22:33

I like it but Balto is awful and I can't think of any other nick names that are much better.

JennyForeigner · 30/11/2022 22:30

I'm afraid I would think you had been sniffing the myrrh.

YolandiFuckinVisser · 30/11/2022 22:29

I know a Balthazar, he's in his early 20s. His friends call him Bal. It suits him

milawops · 30/11/2022 22:23

I love it. Unfortunately my partner used one of his absolutely no way in hell vetoes on it when we were picking our sons name.

Snoopsnoggysnog · 30/11/2022 22:22

Savethedramaforyourmama · 30/11/2022 22:19

Ballonz for short surely?

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I really like it! Also a fan of B. Getty back in the day

TimeToFlyNow · 30/11/2022 22:21

Or some sort of restaurant apparently?

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SnazzyShambles · 30/11/2022 22:21

My sons best friend is Balti, he’s lovely and his name suits him.

TimeToFlyNow · 30/11/2022 22:19

You're ffs

TimeToFlyNow · 30/11/2022 22:19

OldWivesTale · 30/11/2022 21:17

I don't think he is actually but he sounds like one of the demoms - this was my first thought.

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He's a demon if your a charmed fan

Savethedramaforyourmama · 30/11/2022 22:19

Ballonz for short surely?

TimeToFlyNow · 30/11/2022 22:18

ConnieTucker · 30/11/2022 20:44

this is my idea of Balthazar

Just what I was going to say, fit demon from charmed