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Gasper - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gasper

[ 2 syll. gas-per, ga-sp-er ] The boy name Gasper is pronounced as GAESPer KEY. Gasper is used predominantly in English and it is derived from Old Persian origins. Gasper is a variant form of the name Jasper (Dutch, English, French, and German).

Gasper is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1911 with 0.005% of baby boys being named Gasper. Its ranking then was #945. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is currently of very light use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly related to Gasper, Jasper (Dutch, English, French, and German) was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Gasper include Gaspar (English, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish), Gáspár (Hungarian), Gabir (Arabic), Gabor (Hungarian), Gaspare (Italian), Gábor (Hungarian), Gabr (Arabic), Gasparo (Italian), and Guifré (Catalan).

KEY: Pronunciation for Gasper: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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