Caspar

English Alternative forms en Jasper Gaspar Casper Kaspar Kasper Kosper Cosper Gosper Etymology A name given to one of the Magi in Western church tradition, from hbo גִּזְבָּר gizbar, ultimately from en xme-old *ganǰabarah; see it for more. Compare arc-hat 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 gzbry Gazzabray a given name, also from Iranian. Pronunciation en non-rhotic en /ˈkæspə/ [ˈkʰæspə] RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caspar.wav Southern England en rhotic en /ˈkæspɚ/ [ˈkʰæspɚ] ~ [ˈkʰæspɹ̩] GA en æspə(ɹ) en Cas par en Casper Proper noun en Biblical character one of the Magi. en male Old Persian, more popular in the form Jasper. en CDP co/Mendocino County s/California c/US. Translations one of the Magi Albanian: sq Gáspër m, sq Gáspri m, sq Gaspár m, sq Gaspári m Armenian: hy Գասպար Bulgarian: bg Каспар m Catalan: ca Gaspar Esperanto: eo Gasparo French: fr Gaspard Galician: gl Gaspar m Georgian: ka გასპარი German: de Caspar Hebrew: he גִּזְבָּר m Gizbár Hungarian: hu Gáspár Italian: it Gaspare Norwegian: no Kaspar Persian: fa گنجور Polish: pl Kacper m Portuguese: pt Gaspar m Russian: ru Каспа́р Spanish: es Gaspar Swedish: sv Kaspar male given name Albanian: sq Gáspër m, sq Gáspri m, sq Gaspár m, sq Gaspári m Armenian: hy Գասպար Bulgarian: bg Каспар m Czech: cs Kašpar m Danish: da Kasper, da Jesper Estonian: et Kaspar Faroese: fo Kaspar m, fo Jaspur m Finnish: fi Kasperi, fi Jasper French: fr Gaspard Galician: gl Gaspar m Georgian: ka კასპერი German: de Caspar, de Kaspar Hungarian: hu Gáspár Italian: it Gaspare Latvian: lv Kaspars m Norwegian: no Kasper Polish: pl Kacper m Portuguese: pt Gaspar m Slovak: sk Gašpar m Spanish: es Gaspar Swedish: sv Kasper, sv Jesper Anagrams en aacprs Scarpa caraps German Alternative forms de Kaspar Jasper Pronunciation de De-Caspar.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de Biblical character Caspar of the Magi de male See also de Kasper Norwegian Bokmål Kasper no Alternative forms nb Kasper, nb Kaspar, nb Casper Etymology An older spelling variant of nb Kaspar and nb Kasper, continuing Medieval Latin la-med Caspar. The name was traditionally assigned to one of the Magi in Western Christianity, although the Magi are not named in the biblical text itself. It is usually explained as ultimately deriving from an Old Persian title meaning “treasurer”, but the precise route into the medieval personal name is uncertain. The spelling nb Caspar has a longstanding Norwegian tradition, with bearers in Norwegian and Danish–Norwegian society from at least the seventeenth century. Compare da Caspar, sv Caspar, de Caspar, nl Caspar and en Caspar male given name. Pronunciation nb /ˈkas.pər/ /ˈkas.par/ nb aspər aspar 2 nb Kaspar nb Cas par Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Medieval Latin < Old Persian Caspar Usage notes As a variant of nb Kasper, nb Caspar shares its Norwegian name day on 9 May with nb Jesper. nb Caspar is not solely a recently imported spelling. Historical Norwegian bearers include mathematician Caspar Wessel and physicist no Hartvig Caspar Christie. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 137 men in Norway had nb Caspar as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by year and first name, Statistics Norway. References “Caspar” in Store norske leksikon. “Caspar”, Babyverden.