Jasper

Where Jasper comes from

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jasper
  • Old Persian
  • 2 syllables
Jasper through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #139 among boys, with 98 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1930
    Jasper Johns born
    American painter and sculptor
  3. 1989
    Jasper Cillessen born
    Dutch association football player
  4. 2023
    Peak, #122
    2,944 babies named Jasper, the most in any year.
  5. 2023
    The comeback
    Back to #122 after sinking to #812 in 1970.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old Persian.
Namesakes
  • Jasper Cillessen · Dutch association football player, born 1989
  • Jasper Johns · American painter and sculptor, born 1930
  • Jasper Stuyven · Belgian cyclist, born 1992
  • Jasper Tudor · English duke, 1431–1495
  • Jasper Philipsen · Belgian cyclist, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.