Jasper

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Origin: Persian

Meaning: possibly derived from Persian meaning "treasurer".

Jasper is also the name of a semi-precious stone from Greek iaspis, likely deriving from Hebrew or Akkadian sources.

Jasper is also the name of one of the 3 wise men.



Variants:

• Casper (Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)
• Caspar 
• Kasper (Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)
• Gaspar (Spanish, Portuguese)
• Gaspard (French)
• Jesper (Danish)
• Kaspar (German)
• Gáspár (Hungarian)
• Gaspare (Italian)
• Gasparo (Italian)
• Kaspars (Latvian)
• Kasparas (Lithuanian)
• Kacper (Polish)
• Gašper (Slovene)

Feminine forms:

• Jaspera (English)
• Jasperine (Dutch)
• Jasperina (Dutch)