Given name & surname
Gaspard
“the keeper of the treasure”
Gaspard is a form of Caspar. One Persian interpretation is “the keeper of the treasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gaspard is a form of Caspar. One Persian interpretation is “the keeper of the treasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
In French use, Gaspard is used as a form of Caspar.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gaspard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 104 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,185 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,185 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 230 as a first name in 2020; 5,030 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gaspard’s family of names
Gaspard shares a linguistic root with Jasper. Gaspard has a related form in Gaspar. In French usage, Gaspard has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jasper.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gaspard has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
11 related names in 13 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.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gaspard
- Gaspard-Gustave de CoriolisFrench mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist (1792–1843)
- Gaspard MongeFrench mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)
- Gaspard UllielFrench actor (1984–2022)
- Gaspard II de ColignyFrench nobleman and admiral and Huguenot leader (1519–1572)
- Gaspard de PronyFrench mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics (1755-1839)
- Gaspar del BufaloItalian Catholic priest and saint (1786-1837)
- Gaspard DughetFrench painter (1613-1675)
- Gaspard MermillodCatholic cardinal (1824-1892), Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva
- Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la FontainePrime Minister of Luxembourg (1787-1871)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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