Balfour - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Balfour \b(a)-

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 an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#14692 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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