The Balser Family Name

Balser is a familiar spelling of the German name Balzer. The family name meaning is “A descendant of Balthasar”, the same as for Balzer. Balser writes “s” in place of the “z” found in Balzer, a common scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Balster, Balthaser and Balz.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Balser with 2,297 bearers, at rank 13,278.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Balser, so the heraldry linked to Balzer is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Balser report, with a museum-style coat of arms.