'Balearica' originates from Latin, specifically from the Late Latin adjective 'Balearicus' (feminine form 'Balearica'), where the root referred to the Balearic Islands.

'Balearica' derived from Latin 'Balearicus' (from earlier Greek 'Balearis' / 'Baleares'), originally meaning 'of the Balearic Islands', and was later adopted in zoological Latin as a genus name for certain cranes.

Initially, it meant 'of or from the Balearic Islands'; over time it became established in scientific nomenclature as the genus name 'Balearica' for a group of crowned cranes.