Jasper (given name)

Jasper
	Jasper is said to have been the name of one of the three wise men who visited Jesus Christ after his birth.
Pronunciation	/ˈdʒæspər/
Gender	Mostly male (occasionally unisex)
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Meaning	Treasurer
Other names
Related names	Caspar, Kaspar, Kasper, Gasparo, Jesper, Jespa, Kacper (pronounced Katsper)

Last updated May 14, 2025

Jasper is a 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]

People

Arts

Jasper van den Bos (1634-1656), Dutch marine painter
Jasper Broers (1682–1716), Flemish painter
Jasper Conran (born 1959), British fashion designer
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), American landscape painter
Jasper Geeraards (c. 1620-between 1649 and 1654), Flemish painter
Jasper Johns (born 1930), American painter, sculptor and printmaker
Jasper Morrison (born 1959), British product and furniture designer
Jasper Proude, a pseudonym of Brian Howard (1905-1958)

Entertainment

Jasper Carrott (born 1945), British comedian
Jasper Dolphin (born 1990), American actor and rapper
Jasper Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham (born 1968), British adult film director
Jasper Fforde (born 1961), British novelist
Jasper Fisher (fl. 1639), English divine and dramatist
Jasper van 't Hof (born 1947), Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player
Jasper Liu (born 1986), Taiwanese actor, model and musician
Jasper Maskelyne (1902-1973), British stage magician
Jasper Pääkkönen (born 1980), Finnish actor
Jasper Redd (born 1979), American comedian
Jasper Steverlinck (born 1976), Belgian Flemish pop rock singer and guitarist
Jasper (actor) (born 1972), Tamil actor

Politics

Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871), American politician
Jasper Culpeper (by 1508-1556/1564), English politician and Member of Parliament
Jasper Martus, American politician from Michigan
Jasper McLevy (1878-1962), American mayor
Jasper More (1907-1987), British politician
Jasper K. Smith (1905-1992), American politician
Jasper Tsang (born 1947), Hong Kong politician
Jasper Wolfe (1872-1952), Irish politician

Religion

Jasper Heywood (1535-1598), British theologian
Jasper Mayne (1604-1672), English clergyman
Jasper Wilson (1819-1896), American Baptist preacher and politician

Sports

Jasper Günther (born 1999), German basketballer
Jasper Wiese (born 1995), South African rugby union player
Jacobus Jasper Cillessen (born 1989), Dutch football goalkeeper
Jasper Collins (born 1991), Canadian Football League player
Jasper Harvey (born 1983), American football player
Jasper Lindsten (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
Jasper Pittard (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
Jasper Stuyven (born 1992), Belgian racing cyclist
Jasper Vinall (c. 1590-1624), English cricketer, first cricketer known to have died from an accident during a game
Jasper Wilson (born 1947), American basketball player

Other

Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford (1431–1495), uncle of King Henry VII
Jasper Adams (1793–1841), American clergyman, college professor and college president
Jasper Becker (born 1956), British author, commentator and journalist
Jasper S. Bilby (1864–1949), American surveyor
Jasper Blaxland (1880–1963), English consultant surgeon
Jasper Danckaerts, 17th-century journal writer and founder of an unsuccessful colony in what is now Maryland
Jasper Jack Daniel (1849–1911), American distiller and founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery
Jasper Griffin (1937–2019), British literary academic
Jasper Grosvenor (1794–1857), American financier
Jasper Kirkby, British experimental particle physicist
Jasper A. Maltby (1826–1867), American Civil War general
Jasper Morris (born 1957), Master of Wine, and Burgundy expert
Jasper Nicolls (1778–1849), British Army officer and commander-in-chief, India
Jasper O'Farrell (1817–1875), American surveyor
Jasper Ridley (1887–1951), British barrister and banker
Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer and historical biographer
Jasper Rine (born 1953), American biologist
Jasper Seagar (died 1721), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean
Jasper White (born 1954), American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author
Jasper Yeates (1745–1817), lawyer and Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge

Fictional characters

Jasper, one of Cruella de Vil's henchmen in Disney's 101 Dalmatians
Jasper, a ghost of a child who haunts Spooky Island from Rooster Teeth's web series Camp Camp
Jasper, one of the biblical magi who were said to have visited the infant Jesus bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh
Jasper, a carriage driver from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Jasper (Dr. Stone), a character in the manga series Dr. Stone
Jasper (Family Guy), a dog and Brian's cousin in the animated TV series Family Guy
Jasper, a butler from Heaven Can Wait
Jasper, a controversial black puppet character in George Pal's 1930s–1940s short film series Jasper and the Beanstalk
Jasper, a female character and villain on the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe
Jasper, original name of Tom Cat from MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons
Jasper Batt, Jr., the main antagonist of the video game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Jasper the Bear, a Canadian cartoon character
Jasper Beardley, a recurring character from the animated TV series The Simpsons
Jasper the Cat, a recurring character from the British TV series Numberjacks
Jasper Dale, character on Canadian Series Road to Avonlea
Jasper Dunlop, a main character from the Nickelodeon show Henry Danger
Jasper Hale, of the Cullen family in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series
Jasper Jacks, in the American soap opera General Hospital
The title character of the 2009 novel Jasper Jones and its 2017 film adaptation
Jasper Jordan, one of the original 100 juvenile prisoners from the TV series The 100
Jasper Lamar Crabb, a character spoken of – but not seen – in the 1974 neo-noir film Chinatown , and whose name becomes a pivotal clue in solving a mystery
Jasper Sitwell, a Marvel Comics spy
Jasper T. Jowls, a member of Chuck E. Cheese's animatronic band
Jasper Tempest, the full name of Professor T.
Jasper de Zoet, a rockstar guitarist and principal character in David Mitchell's novel Utopia Avenue
Jasper, an antagonist from the video game Dragon Quest XI

References

1 2 3 4 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0198610601. 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.
↑ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jasper".

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[OxfordJasper-1] 1 2 3 4 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0198610601. 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.

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