Caspar

♂French boy's name

At a glance

GenderMasculine

Origin and meaning

A name given to one of the Magi in Western church tradition, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more. Compare Hatran Aramaic 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /⁠Gazzabray⁠/, “a given name”), also from Iranian.

Where it is mostly given

  • Great Britain
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Estonia

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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