Jasper (name)
Jasper is a male given name and a family name derived from it .
Origin and meaning
Jasper is the Low German, Frisian and English form of Kaspar , the name of one of the " Three Wise Men " who presented the gifts to Jesus. Kaspar (Persian) means the treasurer.
variants
- Jaspar, Jaspert: Frisian
- Jesper : Danish; Swedish, Norwegian
Name bearer
First name
- Jasper Adams (* 1989), Dutch handball player
- Jasper von Altenbockum (* 1962), German journalist
- Jasper Becker (* 1956), British author and correspondent
- Jasper Bisbee (1843–1935), American old-time musician
- Jasper Blom (* 1965), Dutch jazz saxophonist
- Jasper Bolland (* 1986), Dutch football player
- Jasper Ewing Brady (1797–1871), American politician
- Jasper von Buchwaldt (1650–1705), ducal chamberlain and squire
- Jasper Carstens (1705–1759), German Rococo builder
- Jasper Cillessen (* 1989), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), American painter
- Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel (~ 1846–1911), American entrepreneur and founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey distillery
- Jasper De Buyst (* 1993), Belgian racing cyclist
- Jasper Fforde (born 1961), British author
- Jasper André Friedrich (* 1965), German communication and media scientist and journalist
- Jasper von Gennep (~ 1500–1564), German author, printer and publisher in Cologne
- Jasper Hamelink (* 1990), Dutch road cyclist
- Jasper Hanebuth (1607–1653), mercenary in the Thirty Years War
- Jasper Harris (* 1996), a young British actor
- Jasper van't Hof (* 1947), Dutch jazz pianist
- Jasper Høiby (* 1977), Danish jazz bassist
- Jasper James , British screenwriter and director
- Jasper Johns (born 1930), American artist
- Jasper Le Clercq (* 1970), Dutch jazz violinist and composer
- Jasper Linde († 1524), Archbishop of Riga from 1509 to 1524
- Jasper Maskelyne (1902–1973), British stage magician
- Jasper March (* 1986), German musician, known as Jasper
- Jasper Meijer (* 1987), Dutch poker player
- Jasper Morrison (* 1959), English designer
- Jasper Ockeloen (* 1990), Dutch cyclocross and road cyclist
- Jasper von Oertzen (Court Marshal) (1616–1657), German-Danish court marshal and Landdrost (district administrator) of the Pinneberg rule
- Jasper von Oertzen (Minister of State) (1801–1874), German administrative lawyer and diplomat
- Jasper von Oertzen (community movement) (1833–1893), functionary of the German community movement
- Jaspar von Oertzen (actor) (1912–2008), German actor, film director, author and politician
- Jasper Joachim von Oertzen (1801–1874), Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Prime Minister
- Jasper Pääkkönen (* 1980), Finnish actor
- Jasper Packard (1832–1899), American politician
- Jasper Smets (* 1995), German-speaking television actor
- Jasper Stuyven (* 1992), Belgian road cyclist
- Jasper N. Tincher (1878–1951), American politician
- Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford (~ 1431–1495), uncle of King Henry VII of England
- Jasper Vogt (* 1945), German actor
- Jasper D. Ward (1829–1902), American lawyer and politician
Middle name
- Werner Jasper Andreas von Moltke (1755–1835), German bailiff in the Danish service
- Ulrich Jasper Seetzen (1767–1811), German orientalist
family name
- Bernhard Jasper (* 1972), German cameraman
- Burkhard Jasper (* 1954), German politician (CDU)
- Christian Jasper (artist) (* 1967), German installation artist
- Christian Jasper (* 1985), German lawyer and theologian
- Daniela Jasper (* 1971), German extreme mountaineer
- Dieter Jasper (* 1962), German entrepreneur and politician (CDU)
- Dirk Jasper (1947–2011), German publicist, non-fiction author and multimedia producer
- Friedrich Jasper (1847–1938), Austrian printer
- Gotthard Jasper (* 1934), political scientist
- Harald Leithe-Jasper (1904–1977), German diplomat during the National Socialist era
- Heinrich Jasper (1875–1945), German politician and Prime Minister (SPD)
- Heinrich Jasper (molecular biologist) (* 1974), German molecular biologist
- Herbert Jasper (1906-1999), Canadian neuroscientist
- Henry Jasper (1896–1937), American baseball player
- Hester Jasper (* 2001), Dutch volleyball player
- Johann Wilhelm Jasper (1898–1934), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Karsten Jasper (* 1952), German state politician (Schleswig-Holstein) (CDU)
- Lex Jasper (* 1949), Dutch jazz musician
- Maren Jasper-Winter (* 1977), German politician (FDP), MdA
- Marrit Jasper (* 1996), Dutch volleyball player
- Robert Jasper (* 1968), German extreme mountaineer
- Sam Jasper (* 1986), New Zealand soccer player
- Star Jasper (born 1966), American actress
- Viktor Jasper (1848–1931), Austrian painter and engraver
- Walter Jasper (* 1942), German radio reporter
- Wilhelm Jasper (1877–1927), German trade unionist and member of the Braunschweig State Parliament
- Willi Jasper (* 1945), German literary historian
- Wiltraud Jasper (1915–1996), German graphic artist