Casper

Locally spelled Kasper in CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Casper, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Ghost
• Ambrose
• Dorian
• Alaric
• Alistair
• Atticus
• Ansel
• Edwin
• Felix
• Anders
• Bram
• Asher

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Casper is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name7 spellings in the group

  Also written Caspér, Cāšpér

• Spanish name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Guatemala

  Also written Çasper, Çãspër, Cáspêr, Cäspêr, Càspër

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Cásper

67 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Casper is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, German surname from the Casper/Kasper type; consonant variation with initial C/K and p/b in the cluster. Bearer count: 2792.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

• In English, Persian: treasurer; one of the three wise men in the New Testament

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In English, A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, city, WY; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Forme anglo-saxonne de Gaspard; origine sanskrite, « homme fort ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Casper ten Boomb. 1859NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations (1859-1944)
• Billy Casperb. 1931USAmerican golfer (1931–2015)
• John Howard Casperb. 1943USAmerican astronaut
• Casper Van Dienb. 1968USAmerican actor
• Casper Andreasb. 1972SESwedish actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer
• Casper Frederik Crumpb. 1977DKDanish actor
• Casper Ankergrenb. 1979DKDanish association football player
• Casper Nielsenb. 1994DKDanish footballer
• Casper Ruudb. 1998NONorwegian tennis player
• Casper Tengstedtb. 2000DKDanish footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Casper mean, and where does it come from?

Variant of Jasper/Gaspar, likely from Persian meaning 'treasurer'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

How do you pronounce Casper?

In English /ˈkæspə/ (Wiktionary).

In which country does Casper have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Casper, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled casper.

How common is the name Casper?

In the United States, the national register counted 12,351 people named Casper in 2010, about 1 in 27 thousand residents.