Jasper
Meaning of Jasper
Jasper, pronounced JAS-puh or JAS-per, drifts through language like a pale lantern on a Kyoto canal—quiet, self-possessed, and faintly gleaming—yet its roots reach back to ancient Persia, where “gizbar” meant treasurer and where, legend insists with a scholar’s shrug, one of the Magi bore the name while packing frankincense rather than spreadsheets. In English lore the word has crystallized into a mottled gemstone: earthy reds, forest greens, and storm-grey veins that recall ink brushed across rice paper, each strand suggesting the steadfast calm of a Zen garden even while it hints—dryly—at hidden riches no accountant could tally. Modern parents have begun to notice: in the U.S. charts Jasper has glided from the mid-500s to just outside the Top 100 within a single generation, an ascent as deliberate as the slow unfurling of a cherry blossom under moonlight. Cool to the touch yet warm with story, the name offers a pocket-sized treasure chest—no lock, no key, merely the quiet promise of value revealed over time.
Pronunciation
British English
- Pronunced as JAS-puh (/ˈdʒæspə/)
American English
- Pronunced as JAS-pur (/ˈdʒæspər/)
U.S. Popularity Chart
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Notable People Named Jasper
| Jasper Johns is a leading American postwar artist known for painting, sculpture, and printmaking, linked to abstract expressionism, Neo Dada, and pop art. |
| Jasper Liu Yi-hao is a Taiwanese actor, model, and musician who rose from modeling to Asian stardom with roles in Pleasantly Surprised, More Than Blue, Before We Get Married, and Triad Princess. |
| Jasper Wiese is a South African rugby union player for Urayasu D-Rocks in Japan and the national team, playing as a number 8 or flanker. |
| Jasper Philipsen is a Belgian sprinter for Alpecin-Deceuninck, with 10 Tour de France stage wins, six in the Vuelta a Espana, and the 2023 Tour de France points title. |
| Jasper Morrison is an English product and furniture designer known for refined understated designs and the belief that objects should never shout. |
| Jasper Conran - Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran is a British designer known for womenswear and home collections as well as stage work in ballet, opera, and theatre. |
| Jasper Francis Cropsey was an American architect and artist known for his Hudson River School landscapes. |
| Jasper Pääkkönen - Joona Jasper Paakkonen is a Finnish film actor. |
| Jasper Fforde is an English novelist known for the Thursday Next series and other playful, allusion rich, metafictional fantasies like The Eyre Affair. |
| Jasper Brinkley is a former NFL linebacker who played at South Carolina and was a 2009 fifth round pick for the Vikings before stints with the Cardinals and Giants. |
| Jasper Dolphin, born Davon Lamar Wilson, is an American actor, rapper, and stunt performer who co founded Odd Future and later starred in Jasper and Errols First Time and appeared in Jackass Forever. |
| Jasper Kent is an English author and composer best known for musical theatre and for the Danilov Quintet and Charlie Woolf Mysteries. |
| Jasper Yeates was a Pennsylvania lawyer and judge who served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1791 to 1817. |
| Belgian swimmer Jasper Aerents specialized in sprint freestyle events. |
| Jasper Ockeloen is a Dutch cyclist who rides for the amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. |
