Casper

Gender Masculine
Usage Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced Pron. KAHS-pər(Dutch)
 KAHS-pehr(Swedish)
 KAS-bu(Danish)
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Meaning & History

Dutch and Scandinavian form of Jasper. This is the name of a friendly ghost in an American series of cartoons and comic books (beginning 1945).

Related Names

VariantsJasper, Kasper(Dutch) Kasper, Jesper(Swedish) Kasper, Jesper(Norwegian) Jesper, Kasper(Danish)
DiminutiveCas(Dutch)
Other Languages & CulturesKašpar(Czech) Jasper(English) Kaspar(Estonian) Kasper(Finnish) Gaspard(French) Kaspar(German) Gáspár, Gazsi(Hungarian) Gaspare, Gasparo(Italian) Gaspar, Caspar, Jasper(Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend) Kaspars(Latvian) Kasparas(Lithuanian) Kacper(Polish) Gaspar(Portuguese) Gašper(Slovene) Gaspar(Spanish)

Popularity

People think this name is

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Entry updated June 13, 2019