Kasper

Käsper Danish Alternative forms da Casper Proper noun da proper noun da male Caspar Related terms (male given names) da Jesper (surnames) da Caspersen, da Kaspersen References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 19 060 males with the given name Kasper (compared to 11 153 named Casper) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Finnish Etymology A name of biblical origin, perhaps via fi gmq-osw Kasper; see en Caspar for more. Pronunciation Proper noun fi male Caspar fi Finnish Declension Kasper a 0 Statistics dvv_20250813 4562 2579 140 8 6 dvv_20250813 140 References German Alternative forms de Kasperl Kasperle Kasperli Etymology Byform of the name de Kaspar, via de hbo גִּזְבָּר gizbar from de syc ܓܙܒܪܐ gēzaḇrā, from de peo *ganzabarah, from de xme-old *ganǰabarah. Compare bar Kasperl. Pronunciation de De-Kasper.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m clown (normally a puppet) Declension m Derived terms de Kaspertheater de Klassenkasper Norwegian Bokmål Kasper no Alternative forms nb Caspar, nb Casper, nb Kaspar Etymology Variant of nb Kaspar, from nb la-med Caspar male given name, traditionally the name of one of the Magi in Western Christianity. Usually explained as ultimately from nb hbo גִּזְבָּר gizbar treasurer, from nb syc ܓܙܒܪܐ gēzaḇrā treasurer, from nb peo *ganzabarah treasurer, from nb xme *ganǰabarah treasurer. nb Jesper male given name. 15th century in Norway. Compare da Kasper, sv Kasper, de Kaspar, nl Casper, en Caspar, fr Gaspard, es Gaspar and pl Kacper male given name. Pronunciation nb /ˈkas.pər/ nb aspər 2 nb Casper nb Kas per Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Medieval Latin < Biblical Hebrew < Classical Syriac < Old Persian < Old Median Caspar Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Kasper is 9 May, shared with nb Jesper. The name rose strongly in popularity in Norway around 2000. This has been linked both to renewed interest in biblical names and to the familiar characters nb Kasper, nb Jesper and nb Jonatan in no Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by by Thorbjørn Egner. Derived terms nb Kaspersen patronymic surname Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 5,046 men in Norway had nb Kasper as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by year and first name, Statistics Norway. In 2025, 227 boys were given the spelling nb Kasper. Together with nb Casper, the grouped name ranked twelfth among boys' names, with 325 newborns.“Navn”, Statistics Norway. References “Kasper” in Store norske leksikon. “Kasper”, Nordic Names. Anagrams nb aekprs skarpe Swedish Alternative forms sv Casper Proper noun c sv male Caspar Anagrams sv aekprs kepsar skarpe