Balfour - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Balfour \b(a)-lfour, bal-four\ is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "grazing land". Also the name of a town in northern Scotland. In Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped", David Balfour is the young, idealistic hero. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 was a declaration of British support for its limited Jewish settlement in Palestine. It was named for its author, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, and Balfour was occasionally used as a given name in Israel afterward.

Balfour has 4 variant forms: Balfer, Balfor, Balfore and Ballfour.

Baby names that sound like Balfour are Bolivar and Bolevar.

Balfour is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Balfour. Click here to compare Balfour with related baby names.