Given name & surname

Kašpar

“treasurer”

Kašpar is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovak.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kašpar goes back to Hebrew גזבר, meaning “treasurer.”

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Where it comes from

Kašpar comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew גזבר.

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Kašpar’s family of names

In Czech usage, Kašpar has a diminutive in Kašpárek. In Czech usage, Kašpar has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jasper. In Czech usage, Kašpar has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Gaspar.

Walk Kašpar’s family in the name graph

KašparКашпарKašpárekJasperGasparKacperGaspareGaspardKasparKasperiGašparΓκασπάρГаспарGáspárKašparová

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Kašpar has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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17 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Kašpar

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Kašpar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Biblical

Jashar

“upright”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Calcol

“sustenance” · “completer”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Kaplun

Kaplun is a surname from Hebrew.

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew

Cadmiel

“standing before God, God is first”

No U.S. birth series

98% boys · 2% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Careah

“bald”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slovene

Bachar

“child”

No U.S. birth series

91% boys · 9% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Asshur

“level plain” · “step”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Assir

“captive” · “bound one”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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