Given name & surname
Kasper
“the keeper of the treasure”
Kasper is a variant of Caspar. One Persian interpretation is “the keeper of the treasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kasper is a variant of Caspar. One Persian interpretation is “the keeper of the treasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kasper has a related form in Kaspar. An origin associated with Kaspar is Persian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Kasper is used as a form of Caspar.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kasper through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,409
- 1,389 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 84
- #1,880 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,880 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 46.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 986 as a first name in 2020; 9,538 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.
Kasper’s family of names
Kasper shares a linguistic root with Jasper. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Kasper has a related form in Casper. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Kasper shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Gaspar.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kasper has relatives in 13 languages.
14 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jaspercognate
- Gasparcognate · Spanish
- Kacpercognate · Polish, Swedish
- Gaspardcognate · French
- Gaspareequivalent
- Kaspersen“son of” surname · Norwegian Bokmål
- КасперRussian
- ΓάσπαρηςGreek
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People named Kasper
- Kasper SchmeichelDanish association football playerborn 1986
- Kasper DolbergDanish association football player (born 1997)
- Kasper HjulmandDanish association football managerborn 1972
- Kasper AsgreenDanish cyclist, born 1995
- Kasper BøgelundDanish footballerborn 1980
- Kasper SøndergaardDanish handball playerborn 1981
- Kasper HøghDanish association football playerborn 2000
- Kasper HämäläinenFinnish footballerborn 1986
- Kasper JunkerDanish association football playerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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