Given name & surname
Gáspár
“the keeper of the treasure”
Gáspár is a form of Caspar. One Persian interpretation is “the keeper of the treasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gáspár is a form of Caspar. One Persian interpretation is “the keeper of the treasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Hungarian use, Gáspár shares an earlier linguistic root with Jasper. An origin associated with Jasper is Persian.
Explained through its name family
Gáspár’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Gáspár has a diminutive in Gazsi. Gáspár shares a linguistic root with Jasper. In Hungarian usage, Gáspár has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form KACPER.
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Around the world
Gáspár has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jaspercognate
- Casperequivalent
- Kasperequivalent
- Casparcognate · English
- KacperPolish
- Gaspardequivalent
- Kasparequivalent
- Gaspareequivalent
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People named Gáspár
- Gáspár HeltaiHungarian printer and historian1510–1574
- Gáspár KárolyiHungarian bible translator (c.1529-1592)
- Gáspár BorbásHungarian association football player (1884-1976)
- Gáspár Miklós TamásHungarian philosopher (1948–2023)
- Gáspár OrbánHungarian priest, diplomat and officerborn 1992
- Gáspár NagyHungarian writer (1949-2007)
- Gáspár LadocsiHungarian priest and theologianborn 1952
- Gáspár CsereHungarian long-distance runnerborn 1991
- Gáspár FejérpatakySlovak cultural worker and founder of the first Slovak volunteer theater (1794–1874)
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