Given Name CASPER

GENDER: Masculine

PRONOUNCED: KAHS-pər (Dutch) [details]

Meaning & History

Dutch and Scandinavian form of JASPER. This is the name of a friendly ghost in a series of comic books.

VARIANTS: Jasper, Kasper (Dutch), Jesper, Kasper (Swedish), Kasper (Norwegian), Jesper, Kasper (Danish)

DIMINUTIVE: Cas (Dutch)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Jasper (English), Gaspard (French), Kaspar (German), Gáspár, Gazsi (Hungarian), Gaspare, Gasparo (Italian), Gaspar, Caspar, Jasper (Judeo-Christian Legend), Kaspars (Latvian), Kasparas (Lithuanian), Kacper (Polish), Gaspar (Portuguese), Gašper (Slovene), Gaspar (Spanish)