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Baldassare (male)

Variants:Balthasar (M)
Derivative of:Belshazzar (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Italian, particularly in Pavia, from the supposed name of one of the Magi, Belshazzar; OT Daniel 5 and 7. The name means "protected by Baal".
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