Caspar

English

Alternative forms

Jasper, Gaspar, Casper, Kaspar, Kasper, Kosper, Cosper, Gosper

Etymology

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר‎ (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganzabarah; see it for more. Compare Hatran Aramaic 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /Gazzabray/, “a given name”), also from Iranian.

Proper noun

Caspar

(biblical) one of the Magi.
A male given name, more popular in the form Jasper.

Translations

one of the Magi

Armenian: Գասպար (Gaspar)
Esperanto: Gasparo
French: Gaspard (fr)
Georgian: გასპარი (gasṗari)
German: Caspar
Hebrew: גִּזְבָּר‎ (he) m (Gizbár)

Italian: Gaspare (it)
Norwegian: Kaspar
Persian: گنجور‎ (fa)
Portuguese: Gaspar (pt) m
Russian: Каспа́р (ru) (Kaspár)
Swedish: Kaspar

male given name

Armenian: Գասպար (Gaspar)
Czech: Kašpar (cs) m
Danish: Kasper, Jesper
Estonian: Kaspar
Finnish: Kasperi (fi), Jasper (fi)
French: Gaspard (fr)
Georgian: კასპერი (ḳasṗeri)
German: Caspar, Kaspar

Hungarian: Gáspár (hu)
Italian: Gaspare (it)
Latvian: Kaspars m
Norwegian: Kasper
Portuguese: Gaspar (pt) m
Spanish: Gaspar (es)
Swedish: Kasper (sv), Jesper (sv)

Anagrams

Scarpa

German

Alternative forms

Kaspar, Jasper

Proper noun

Caspar

(biblical) Caspar of the Magi.
A male given name

See also

Kasper

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