Baldur is a Norse and Icelandic name, meaning "prince." Baldr is also a god in Norse mythology, associated with light, beauty, love and happiness.
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Variants
Balder Norse
Baldr Norse [ˈbɑldr]
Baldur Norse, Icelandic [ˈpaltʏr̥]
People with the given name
Baldur Ingimar Aðalsteinsson (born 1980), Icelandic footballer
Baldur Ágústsson, Icelandic businessman
Baldur Bett (born 1980), Icelandic footballer
Baldur Þór Bjarnason (born 1969), Icelandic footballer
Baldur Bragason (born 1968), Icelandic former footballer
Baldur Brönnimann (born 1968), Swiss conductor
Baldur Hermans (1938–2015), German historian
Baldur Hönlinger (1905–1990), Austrian chess player
Baldur Ingi Jónasson (born 1972), Icelandic basketball player and coach
Baldur Möller (1914–1999), Icelandic chess player
Baldur Preiml (1939–2025), Austrian ski jumper
Baldur Ragnarsson (1930–2018), Icelandic poet
Baldur Þór Ragnarsson (born 1990), Icelandic basketball coach
Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974), German Nazi politician
Baldur Sigurðsson (born 1985), Icelandic footballer
Baldur Springmann (1912–2003), German farmer and neo-Nazi politician
Baldur R. Stefansson (1917–2002), Canadian agronomist
Baldur Þórhallsson (born 1968), Icelandic professor