Kasper

• Casper

Kasper

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar

• (male given names) Jesper
• (surnames) Caspersen, Kaspersen

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 19 060 males with the given name Kasper (compared to 11 153 named Casper) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

A name of biblical origin,^[1][2] perhaps via Old Swedish Kasper; see English Caspar for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsper/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠pe̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑsper
• Syllabification^(key): Kas‧per
• Hyphenation^(key): Kas‧per

Kasper

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar
2. a Finnish surname

• Kasper is the 140^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,562 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,579 more), and also belongs to 8 female individuals (and as a middle name to 6 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Kasper belongs to 140 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Kasperl, Kasperle, Kasperli

Byform of the name German Kaspar, via Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar) from Classical Syriac ܓܙܒܪܐ (gēzaḇrā), from Old Persian *ganzabarah, from Old Median *ganǰabarah.

Compare Bavarian Kasperl.

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Kasper m (strong, genitive Kaspers, plural Kasper)

1. clown (normally a puppet)

• Kaspertheater
• Klassenkasper

• Casper

Kasper

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar

• Casper

Kasper c (genitive Kaspers)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar

• kepsar, skarpe