Jasper (given name)

Jasper is a masculine given name of Persian origin, meaning "treasurer".^[1][2] The etymology of the given name Jasper (of Persian origin) is unrelated to that of the gemstone jasper (of Semitic origin).^[1]

Jasper

Jasper is said to have been the name of one of the three wise men who visited Jesus Christ after his birth.
Pronunciation	/ˈdʒæspər/
Gender	Mostly male (occasionally unisex)
Origin
Word/name	Persian[1]
Meaning	Treasurer[1]
Other names
Related names	Caspar, Kaspar, Kasper, Gasparo, Jesper, Jespa, Kacper (pronounced Katsper)

Jasper may refer to:

People

Arts

• Jasper van den Bos (1634-1656), Dutch marine painter
• Jasper Broers (1682–1716), Flemish painter
• Jasper Conran (born 1959), British fashion designer
• Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), American landscape painter
• Jasper Geeraards (c. 1620-between 1649 and 1654), Flemish painter
• Jasper Johns (born 1930), American painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Jasper Morrison (born 1959), British product and furniture designer
• Jasper Proude, a pseudonym of Brian Howard (1905-1958)

Entertainment

• Jasper Carrott (born 1945), British comedian
• Jasper Dolphin (born 1990), American actor and rapper
• Jasper Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham (born 1968), British adult film director
• Jasper Fforde (born 1961), British novelist
• Jasper Fisher (fl. 1639), English divine and dramatist
• Jasper van 't Hof (born 1947), Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player
• Jasper Liu (born 1986), Taiwanese actor, model and musician
• Jasper Maskelyne (1902-1973), British stage magician
• Jasper Pääkkönen (born 1980), Finnish actor
• Jasper Redd (born 1979), American comedian
• Jasper Steverlinck (born 1976), Belgian Flemish pop rock singer and guitarist
• Jasper (actor) (born 1972), Tamil actor

Politics

• Jasper Ewing Brady (1797-1871), American politician
• Jasper Culpeper (by 1508-1556/1564), English politician and Member of Parliament
• Jasper Martus, American politician from Michigan
• Jasper McLevy (1878-1962), American mayor
• Jasper More (1907-1987), British politician
• Jasper K. Smith (1905-1992), American politician
• Jasper Tsang (born 1947), Hong Kong politician
• Jasper Wolfe (1872-1952), Irish politician

Religion

• Jasper Heywood (1535-1598), British theologian
• Jasper Mayne (1604-1672), English clergyman
• Jasper Wilson (1819-1896), American Baptist preacher and politician

Sports

• Jasper Günther (born 1999), German basketballer
• Jasper Wiese (born 1995), South African rugby union player
• Jacobus Jasper Cillessen (born 1989), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Jasper Collins (born 1991), Canadian Football League player
• Jasper Harvey (born 1983), American football player
• Jasper Lindsten (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
• Jasper Pittard (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
• Jasper Stuyven (born 1992), Belgian racing cyclist
• Jasper Vinall (c. 1590-1624), English cricketer, first cricketer known to have died from an accident during a game
• Jasper Wilson (born 1947), American basketball player

Other

• Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford (1431–1495), uncle of King Henry VII
• Jasper Adams (1793–1841), American clergyman, college professor and college president
• Jasper Becker (born 1956), British author, commentator and journalist
• Jasper S. Bilby (1864–1949), American surveyor
• Jasper Blaxland (1880–1963), English consultant surgeon
• Jasper Danckaerts, 17th-century journal writer and founder of an unsuccessful colony in what is now Maryland
• Jasper Jack Daniel (1849–1911), American distiller and founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery
• Jasper Griffin (1937–2019), British literary academic
• Jasper Grosvenor (1794–1857), American financier
• Jasper Kirkby, British experimental particle physicist
• Jasper A. Maltby (1826–1867), American Civil War general
• Jasper Morris (born 1957), Master of Wine, and Burgundy expert
• Jasper Nicolls (1778–1849), British Army officer and commander-in-chief, India
• Jasper O'Farrell (1817–1875), American surveyor
• Jasper Ridley (1887–1951), British barrister and banker
• Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer and historical biographer
• Jasper Rine (born 1953), American biologist
• Jasper Seagar (died 1721), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean
• Jasper White (born 1954), American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author
• Jasper Yeates (1745–1817), lawyer and Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge

Fictional characters

• Jasper, one of Cruella de Vil's henchmen in Disney's 101 Dalmatians
• Jasper, a ghost of a child who haunts Spooky Island from Rooster Teeth's web series Camp Camp
• Jasper, one of the biblical magi who were said to have visited the infant Jesus bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh
• Jasper, a carriage driver from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Jasper (Dr. Stone), a character in the manga series Dr. Stone
• Jasper (Family Guy), a dog and Brian's cousin in the animated TV series Family Guy
• Jasper, a butler from Heaven Can Wait
• Jasper, a controversial black puppet character in George Pal's 1930s–1940s short film series Jasper and the Beanstalk
• Jasper, a female character and villain on the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe
• Jasper, original name of Tom Cat from MGM's Tom and Jerry cartoons
• Jasper Batt, Jr., the main antagonist of the video game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
• Jasper the Bear, a Canadian cartoon character
• Jasper Beardley, a recurring character from the animated TV series The Simpsons
• Jasper the Cat, a recurring character from the British TV series Numberjacks
• Jasper Dale, character on Canadian Series Road to Avonlea
• Jasper Dunlop, a main character from the Nickelodeon show Henry Danger
• Jasper Hale, of the Cullen family in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series
• Jasper Jacks, in the American soap opera General Hospital
• The title character of the 2009 novel Jasper Jones and its 2017 film adaptation
• Jasper Jordan, one of the original 100 juvenile prisoners from the TV series The 100
• Jasper Lamar Crabb, a character spoken of – but not seen – in the 1974 neo-noir film Chinatown, and whose name becomes a pivotal clue in solving a mystery
• Jasper Sitwell, a Marvel Comics spy
• Jasper T. Jowls, a member of Chuck E. Cheese's animatronic band
• Jasper Tempest, the full name of Professor T.
• Jasper de Zoet, a rockstar guitarist and principal character in David Mitchell's novel Utopia Avenue
• Jasper, an antagonist from the video game Dragon Quest XI

See also

• Jesper