Baldur (given name)
Appearance
Gender | male |
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Language(s) | Old Norse |
Origin | |
Meaning | "prince" |
Other names | |
See also | Balder, Baldr |
Baldur is a Norse and Icelandic name, meaning "prince." Baldr is also a god in Norse mythology, associated with light, beauty, love and happiness.[1]
Variants
[edit]People with the given name
[edit]- Baldur Ingimar Aðalsteinsson (born 1980), Icelandic football (soccer) player
- Baldur Bett (born 1980), Icelandic football (soccer) player
- Baldur Þór Bjarnason (born 1969), Icelandic football (soccer) player
- Baldur Bragason (born 1968), Icelandic football (soccer) player
- Baldur Brönnimann (born 1968), Swiss music conductor
- Baldur Hönlinger (1905–1990), Austrian chess master
- Baldur Möller (1914–1999), Icelandic chess master
- Baldur Preiml (born 1939), Austrian ski jumper
- Baldur Ragnarsson (1930–2018), Icelandic poet and author of Esperanto works
- Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974), German politician and Nazi war criminal
- Baldur Sigurðsson (born 1985), Icelandic football (soccer) player
- Baldur R. Stefansson (1917–2002), Canadian agricultural scientist