Casper

Male given name

Instance of: male given name
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1.Stated in Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources
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Casper is a family and personal name derived from Aramaic that means "Treasurer". The origins of the name have been traced as far back as the Old Testament and variations of the name have been adopted by a variety of cultures and languages.

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Said to be the same as: Caspar
Kaspar
Gaspare
Kasper
Gaspar
Gaspard
Kacper
Kasperi
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Gáspár
Gaspero
Gašper
Kaspar
Family name identical to this given name: Casper
Different from: Casper criterion used: given name has to use a different item than disambiguation pages
Native label: Casper
Language: Dutch
English
Script: Latin script
Soundex: C216
Cologne phonetics: 4817
Caverphone: KSP111
Attested in: frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010 quotation: Casper · quantity: 7,977
list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913) quotation: Casper · quantity: 455
Patronym or matronym for this name: Casparsdotter

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