Pronunciation | /ˈdʒæspər/ |
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Gender | Primarily male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Persian [1] |
Meaning | Treasurer [1] |
Other names | |
Related names | Caspar, Kaspar, Kasper, Gasparo, Jesper, Jespa, Kacper (pronounced Katsper) |
Jasper is a primarily masculine given name of Persian origin, meaning "treasurer". [1] [2] The etymology of the given name Jasper (of Persian origin) is unrelated to that of the gemstone jasper (of Semitic origin). [1]
Jasper may refer to:
Bernard (Bernhard) is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname.
Lancelot was a knight of the mythical Round Table.
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related to the surname by the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland.
Quentin is a French masculine given name derived from the Latin first name Quintinus, a diminutive form of Quintus, which means "the fifth".
Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname. Notable people with the name include:
Jack is a given name, a diminutive of John or Jackson; alternatively, it may be derived from Jacques, the French form of James or Jacob. Since the late 20th century, Jack has become one of the most common names for boys in many English-speaking countries. Jack is also used to a lesser extent as a female given name, often as a shortened version of Jacqueline.
Jackie or Jacky is a given name or nickname for both males and females, originally a pet form of Jack, John, Jacques, Jacqueline, etc.
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name יוֹחָנָן and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename Iain. This name is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as in other English-speaking countries.
Cooper is a surname.
Brett is an Irish and English surname that was given to the Celtic peoples of Brittany who arrived during the Norman invasion of England and Norman invasion of Ireland respectively.
Rocco is both a given name and a surname. Origin: Italian. Meaning: Rest, repose. Rocco is a boy's name of Italian origin. It is thought to derive from the Old German word "hrok", which means to rest or repose. The name is associated with a fourteenth-century Catholic saint, San Rocco, who tended to the ill during a plague. Notable people with the name include:
Conroy is an Irish surname.
Mel can be the abbreviated version of the given names Melike, Melvyn, Melvin, Amelia, Melfyn, Melanie, Melika, Melhem, Melina, Melinda, Melody, Melissa, Melita /Melitta, Melantha/Melanthe, Melchior, Melindro or Melville. It is also a standalone name from the Gaelic Maol, meaning bald; this was used to refer to tonsured men to mean servant, as in "Maol-Iosa" - Servant of Jesus.
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- and -hard.
Alden as both a given name and a surname originated in the Old English language. The name can derive from Ealdwine or from Healfdene.
Jackson is a common surname of Scottish, Irish and English origin eventually becoming a common American surname also. In 1980, Jackson was the 24th most common surname in England and Wales. In the 1990 United States Census, Jackson was the thirteenth most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.3% of the population.
Joshua is a given name derived from the Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, prominently belonging to Joshua, an early Hebrew leader of the Exodus period who has a major role in several books of the Bible. The name was a common alternative form of the name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšūaʿ) which corresponds to the Greek spelling Ἰησοῦς (Iesous), from which, through the Latin Iesus, comes the English spelling Jesus. As a result of the origin of the name, a majority of people before the 17th century who have this name were Jewish. A variant, truncated form of the name, Josh, gained popularity in the United States in the 1920s.
Isaac transliterated from Yitzhak, Yitzchok was one of the three patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is told in the book of Genesis.
Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk is a given name of Semitic origin. It is both used as first name and surname originally mainly in Western Asia by Semitic speaking Christians, Muslims and Jews of varying ethnicities, before spreading to countries in the Caucasus, South Asia, Central Asia, North Africa and Southeast Asia where most users are Muslim.
Faber is the Latin word for "smith". Like a few other Latin occupational names, it was adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany. It is also common in England, perhaps due to Norman French influence. Notable people with the surname include:
Jasper: The usual English form of the name assigned in Christian folklore to one of the three Magi or 'wise men', who brought gifts to the infant Christ at his birth (Matthew 2:1). The name does not appear in the Bible, and is first found in medieval tradition. It seems to be ultimately of Persian origin, from a word meaning 'treasurer'. There is probably no connection with the English vocabulary word jasper denoting a gemstone, which is of Semitic origin.