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Jesper

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Danish

Etymology

Medieval Danish variant of Kasper (same as Caspar), with possible confusion with Esbern, Espen, from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn.

Proper noun

Jesper

  1. a male given name

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 267 males with the given name Jesper have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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Finnish

Etymology

From Danish Jesper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjesper/, [ˈje̞s̠pe̞r]
  • Rhymes: -esper
  • Syllabification(key): Jes‧per
  • Hyphenation(key): Jes‧per

Proper noun

Jesper

  1. a male given name

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • Jesper is the 271st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,755 male individuals (and as a middle name to 865 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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Norwegian

Etymology

From Danish Jesper.

Proper noun

Jesper

  1. a male given name

Swedish

Etymology

From Danish.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Jesper c (genitive Jespers)

  1. a male given name

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