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Casper

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Meaning

Treasurer, in the documented Caspar name tradition.

The exact entry identifies Casper as a Caspar variant. Caspar is traced through Hebrew gizbar, treasurer, to an Iranian term with a treasure-bearing interpretation. The deeper Old Median form is reconstructed. Friendly-ghost associations do not supply the etymological meaning.

Origin

Old Persian name tradition

An English spelling variant of Caspar. The existing meaning field retains its own source attribution.

English pronunciation

/ˈkæspɚ/

General American given-name reading; the first vowel is the sound in cat.

Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.

Published name usage

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PlaceYearRecorded usagePublished birthsRankNotes
Canada2025Boys48 · preliminary6052025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France2024Boys5 (rounded to 5)3319Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales2025Boys304167Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Northern Ireland2025Boys6270Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland2025Boys9367Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Ireland2025Boys6509Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States2023Girls515194Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States2025Boys255924Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.

Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.

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Meaning: Treasurer, in the documented Caspar name tradition.

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The exact entry identifies Casper as a Caspar variant. Caspar is traced through Hebrew gizbar, treasurer, to an Iranian term with a treasure-bearing interpretation. The deeper Old Median form is reconstructed. Friendly-ghost associations do not supply the etymological meaning. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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Nickname: Cas

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In documented Dutch naming usage, Cas is a diminutive of Casper. The exact Dutch personal-name section names both Casper and Caspar; English genetics and astronomical abbreviation senses are unrelated. No Dutch reading is presented as English. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Cas personal-name entry at the cited revision. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Cas&oldid=92961879. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized explicit name relationships or transcribed the documented English readings. Name spellings retain separate statistics and preferred readings. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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Origin: Old Persian name tradition

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An English spelling variant of Caspar. The existing meaning field retains its own source attribution.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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English pronunciation: /ˈkæspɚ/

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General American given-name reading; the first vowel is the sound in cat.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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Supporting evidence: Caspar · linked name history

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Supporting source for the explicitly linked parent-name or lexical route. Root meanings are scoped to that documented history, not transferred automatically to unrelated names. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.

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Supporting evidence: גזבר · linked name history

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Supporting source for the explicitly linked parent-name or lexical route. Root meanings are scoped to that documented history, not transferred automatically to unrelated names. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.

Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.

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Spelling variant: Caspar

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English given-name relationship. These spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.

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Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk

Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk

License: Open Government Licence v3.0

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(C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.

Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.

License: Open Government Licence v3.0

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

License: Open Government Licence v3.0

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U.S. Social Security Administration

Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

License: Statistics Canada Open Licence

Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.

Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.

License: CC BY 4.0

Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.

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Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)

Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.

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