Casper
Casper is a Dutch and Scandinavian form of Jasper. A friendly ghost in American cartoons and comics is another documented namesake. This entry identifies those references without treating the fictional ghost or a proposed older Jasper derivation as a literal translation of Casper.
- Meaning
- A Dutch and Scandinavian form of Jasper
- Name or word origin
- Dutch and Scandinavian name usage
Sources and meaning notes
The source supports a name-family relationship and a fictional namesake, not a uniquely settled word meaning.
- Behind the Name: Casper The name form, its documented usage and the specific name-history relationships described here
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Catalog grouping: Male. This is a browsing label and does not restrict which cats can use the name.
Names in similar collections to Casper
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