Caspar

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Caspar

1. (biblical) one of the Magi.
2. A male given name from Old Persian, more popular in the form Jasper.
3. A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.

Translations

one of the Magi

• Albanian: Gáspër m, Gáspri m, Gaspár m, Gaspári m
• Armenian: Գասպար (Gaspar)
• Catalan: Gaspar (ca)
• Esperanto: Gasparo
• French: Gaspard (fr)
• Galician: Gaspar (gl) m
• Georgian: გასპარი (gasṗari)
• German: Caspar
• Hebrew: גִּזְבָּר (he) m (Gizbár)
• Hungarian: Gáspár (hu)
• Italian: Gaspare (it)
• Norwegian: Kaspar
• Persian: گنجور (fa)
• Polish: Kacper (pl) m
• Portuguese: Gaspar (pt) m
• Russian: Каспа́р (ru) (Kaspár)
• Spanish: Gaspar (es)
• Swedish: Kaspar

male given name

• Albanian: Gáspër m, Gáspri m, Gaspár m, Gaspári m
• Armenian: Գասպար (Gaspar)
• Czech: Kašpar (cs) m
• Danish: Kasper, Jesper
• Estonian: Kaspar
• Faroese: Kaspar m, Jaspur m
• Finnish: Kasperi (fi), Jasper (fi)
• French: Gaspard (fr)
• Galician: Gaspar (gl) m
• Georgian: კასპერი (ḳasṗeri)
• German: Caspar, Kaspar
• Hungarian: Gáspár (hu)
• Italian: Gaspare (it)
• Latvian: Kaspars m
• Norwegian: Kasper
• Polish: Kacper (pl) m
• Portuguese: Gaspar (pt) m
• Slovak: Gašpar m
• Spanish: Gaspar (es)
• Swedish: Kasper (sv), Jesper (sv)

Anagrams

• Scarpa, caraps

German

Alternative forms

• Kaspar, Jasper

Proper noun

Caspar

1. (biblical) Caspar of the Magi
2. a male given name

See also

• Kasper