Meaning and background
The story behind Balthazar
Balthazar is a traditional name for one of the Magi in later Christian legend. It is related to Belshazzar, whose older Akkadian form has the sense “Bel, protect the king”, referring to a Babylonian deity. That is a personal-name derivation rather than an English dictionary meaning. Balthazar is a grand, four-beat call name, with a documented British pronunciation ending in a long “ah”.
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About Balthazar
Recorded as a dog’s name
Balthazar appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/bælθəzɚ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/bælθəzɚ/ · primary stress on syllable 1B AE1 L TH AH0 Z ER0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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