Jasper

See also: jasper

English

Etymology

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganzabara-; see it for more.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jasper

  1. A male given name.
    • 1920 St. John Greer Ervine, Changing Winds, Macmillan 1920, page 225:
      Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.
  2. A surname.
  3. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
  4. A town in Alberta, Canada.
  5. A city in Alabama, and the county seat of Walker County.
  6. A small city in Arkansas, and the county seat of Newton County.
  7. A city in Florida, and the county seat of Hamilton County.
  8. A city in Georgia, and county seat of Pickens County.
  9. A city and county seat in Indiana.
  10. A city in Minnesota.
  11. A city in Missouri.
  12. A town in New York.
  13. A town in Tennessee, and the county seat of Marion County.
  14. A city in Texas, and the county seat of Jasper County.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jasper, a name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganzabara-.

Noun

Jasper

  1. a male given name

Finnish

Etymology

Recently borrowed from English Jasper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑsper/, [ˈjɑs̠pe̞r]
  • Hyphenation: Jas‧per

Proper noun

Jasper

  1. A male given name of modern usage.

Declension

Inflection of Jasper (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative Jasper Jasperit
genitive Jasperin Jasperien
Jaspereiden
Jaspereitten
partitive Jasperia Jaspereita
Jaspereja
illative Jasperiin Jaspereihin
singular plural
nominative Jasper Jasperit
accusative nom. Jasper Jasperit
gen. Jasperin
genitive Jasperin Jasperien
Jaspereiden
Jaspereitten
partitive Jasperia Jaspereita
Jaspereja
inessive Jasperissa Jaspereissa
elative Jasperista Jaspereista
illative Jasperiin Jaspereihin
adessive Jasperilla Jaspereilla
ablative Jasperilta Jaspereilta
allative Jasperille Jaspereille
essive Jasperina Jaspereina
translative Jasperiksi Jaspereiksi
instructive Jasperein
abessive Jasperitta Jaspereitta
comitative Jaspereineen
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