Casper
Dutch and Scandinavian form of JASPER. This is the name of a friendly ghost in a series of comic books.
 | JASPER male English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian Legend Means "treasurer" in Persian. This name was traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages. The name can also be given in reference to the English word for the gemstone. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| DANISH: Casper, Jesper, Kasper |
| DUTCH: Casper, Jasper, Kasper |
| ENGLISH: Jasper |
| FRENCH: Gaspard |
| GERMAN: Kaspar |
| HUNGARIAN: Gáspár |
| ITALIAN: Gaspare, Gasparo |
| JUDEO-CHRISTIAN LEGEND: Caspar, Gaspar, Jasper |
| LATVIAN: Kaspars |
| LITHUANIAN: Kasparas |
| NORWEGIAN: Casper, Kasper |
| POLISH: Kacper, Kasper |
| PORTUGUESE: Gaspar |
| SLOVENE: Gašper |
| SPANISH: Gaspar |
| SWEDISH: Casper, Kasper |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| DUTCH: Cas |
| HUNGARIAN: Gazsi |