Belchior: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Belchior – Meaning: my king is light – Origin: Hebrew (via Latin Melchior) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: bel-shee-OR


Belchior is a Hebrew (via Latin Melchior) boy's name meaning “my king is light”. It appears in our list of 175+ Portuguese Baby Boy Names From Lisbon to São Paulo.

Meaning & Origin of Belchior

Meaning: My king is light.

Origin: Hebrew (via Latin Melchior).

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Belchior

Phonetic: bel-shee-OR   IPA: /bɛlʃiˈɔʁ/

Popularity of Belchior

Belchior doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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