# Balder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/balder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 445 |
| US rank (2010) | 47,614 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 693,810 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.3% (460 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Baldr, Baldur |

## Etymology

Sense 1 is borrowed from Old Norse Baldr. Sense 2 is inherited from Old English Bealdhere (a male given name).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Balder in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Balder in the United States.

## People named Balder

- Arthur Balder, American artist, writer and film director

## Similar surnames

Baldree, Balderas, Baldridge, Balderrama, Balderson, Beltran, Bloodworth, Boelter, Beltre, Bilderback, Belter, Bolter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.