Jasper (name)
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- This article is about the given name. For other meanings, see Jasper (disambiguation).
Jasper or Jesper (Nordic form) is a male's given name. It is a Dutch and German variant of the Persian Casper. According to the Biblical tradition Casper (Persian 'treasurer' ) is the name of one of the "Three Kings," who presented Christ gifts. Casper gave gold. Its Biblical reference led to its adoption as an English name in the 17th Century. By the Victorian era it was a popular name for fictional villains, particularly on stage.
The mineral jasper is derived from this name.
Famous people with the name include:
- Jesper Blomqvist, Swedish football player
- Jasper Carrott, British comedian
- Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
- Jasper Conran, British fashion designer
- Jasper Duncombe, film director
- Jasper Ewing Brady, 18th century US politician
- Jasper Fforde, British novelist
- Jasper Griffin, British literary academic
- Jesper Grønkjær, Danish football player
- Jasper Grosvenor, US financier
- Jesper Harding, US publisher
- Jasper Harris, British child actor
- Jasper Harvey, US football player
- Jasper Heywood, 16th century British theologian
- Jasper Johns, US artist
- Jasper Maskelyne, British stage magician
- Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby, Swedish soldier and politician
- Jasper Mayne, 17th century English clergyman
- Sir Jasper More, British politician
- Jasper Morrison, British product and furniture designer
- Jasper O'Farrell, US surveyor
- Jesper Olsen, Danish football player
- Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer
- Jasper Redd, US comedian
- Jasper Ridley, British historical biographer
- Jasper Rine, US biologist
- Jesper Strömblad, Swedish musician
- Jesper Swedberg, Swedish bishop, father of Emanuel Swedenborg
- Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford, half-brother of King Henry VI
- Jasper Vinall, notoriously deceased cricketer
- Jasper Wilson, US Baptist preacher
- Jasper Wolfe, Irish politician
- the dog of the title character, inherited by the unnamed narrator, in Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca
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