Gender Masculine
Meaning & History
From Latin Gaspar, perhaps from the Biblical Hebrew word גִּזְבָּר (gizbar) meaning "treasurer" [1], derived from Old Persian ganzabarah. This name was traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages. The name can also be given in reference to the English word for the gemstone.
Related Names
DiminutiveCas(Dutch)
Other Languages & CulturesKašpar(Czech) Casper, Jesper, Kasper(Danish) Kaspar(Estonian) Kasper(Finnish) Gaspard(French) Kaspar(German) Gáspár, Gazsi(Hungarian) Gaspare, Gasparo(Italian) Kaspars(Latvian) Kasparas(Lithuanian) Casper, Jesper, Kasper(Norwegian) Kacper(Polish) Gaspar(Portuguese) Gašper(Slovene) Gaspar(Spanish) Casper, Jesper, Kasper(Swedish)
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1489, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1489.
