Jasper (given name)
Jasper is a masculine given name commonly believed to be of Persian origin, meaning "Treasurer".[1][2] The etymology of the given name Jasper (of Persian origin) is believed to be unrelated to that of the gemstone Jasper (of Semitic origin).[1]
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian[1] |
| Meaning | Treasurer[1] |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Caspar, Gasparo, Jesper, Jespa, Kacper |
Jasper may refer to:
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 (poet) (1905-1858)
Entertainment
- Jasper Carrott (born 1945), British comedian
- 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), Tamil actor
- Jasper Hadenham, comedian
Politics
- Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871), American politician
- Jasper Culpeper (by 1508-1556/1564), English politician and Member of Parliament
- 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
- Jacobus Jasper Cillessen (born 1989), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Jasper Collins (born 1991), Canadian Football League player
- Jasper Harvey (born 1983), American former 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 (basketball) (born 1947), former American Basketball Association 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 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 Nicolls (1778-1849), British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief, India
- Jasper O'Farrell (1817-1875), American surveyor
- Jasper Ridley (1920-2004), British writer and historical biographer
- Jasper Nicholas Ridley (1887-1951), British barrister and banker
- 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, original name of Tom Cat from MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons
- Jasper Beardley, a recurring character from the animated TV series The Simpsons
- 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 Jasper Jones (film)
- Jasper Sitwell, a Marvel Comics spy
- 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 the Bear, a Canadian cartoon character
- Jasper, one of Cruella de Vil's henchmen in Disney's 101 Dalmatians
- Jasper, a carriage driver from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Jasper, a butler from Heaven Can Wait
- Jasper, a controversial black puppet character in George Pal's 1930s-'40s short film series
- Jasper, a villain on the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe
- Jasper Dunlop, a recurring character from the Nickelodeon show Henry Danger
- Jasper Batt, Jr., the main antagonist of the video game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
- Jasper T. Jowls, a member of Chuck E. Cheese's animatronic band
- Jasper, a ghost of a child who haunts Spooky Island from Rooster Teeth's Web Series Camp Camp
- Jasper Jones, an award winning Australian novel by Craig Silvey
- Jasper Jordan, one of the original 100 juveniles from the tv-series The 100.
- Rock guitarist Jasper de Zoet, a principal character in David Mitchell's novel Utopia Avenue
See also
References
- 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.
- http://www.behindthename.com/name/jasper
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