Gasper - Meaning of Gasper

What does Gasper mean?

[ 2 syll. gas-per, ga-sp-er ] The baby boy name Gasper is pronounced as GAESP-er †. Gasper is used predominantly in English and it is derived from Old Persian origins. Gasper is a variation 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 2011, among the group of boy names directly related to Gasper, Jasper was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Gasper include Gabbar, Gabber, Gabbor, Gabbur, Gabor (Hungarian), Gabra, Gafar, Gaffar, Gaspar (English, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish), Gaspard (French), Gábor (Hungarian), Geffree, Geffrey, Geffri, Geffrie, Geffry, Ghaffar, Gifrea, Gifree, and Gifrey.

† Pronunciation for Gasper: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"