Kasper

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See also: Käsper

Danish

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Proper noun

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Kasper

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar
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References

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  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 19 060 males with the given name Kasper (compared to 11 153 named Casper) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Swedish Kasper.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑsper/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠pe̞r]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsper
  • Hyphenation(key): Kas‧per

Proper noun

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Kasper

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar
  2. a Finnish surname

Declension

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Inflection of Kasper (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative Kasper Kasperit
genitive Kasperin Kasperien
Kaspereiden
Kaspereitten
partitive Kasperia Kaspereita
Kaspereja
illative Kasperiin Kaspereihin
singular plural
nominative Kasper Kasperit
accusative nom. Kasper Kasperit
gen. Kasperin
genitive Kasperin Kasperien
Kaspereiden
Kaspereitten
partitive Kasperia Kaspereita
Kaspereja
inessive Kasperissa Kaspereissa
elative Kasperista Kaspereista
illative Kasperiin Kaspereihin
adessive Kasperilla Kaspereilla
ablative Kasperilta Kaspereilta
allative Kasperille Kaspereille
essive Kasperina Kaspereina
translative Kasperiksi Kaspereiksi
abessive Kasperitta Kaspereitta
instructive Kasperein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Kasper (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kasperini Kasperini
accusative nom. Kasperini Kasperini
gen. Kasperini
genitive Kasperini Kasperieni
Kaspereideni
Kaspereitteni
partitive Kasperiani Kaspereitani
Kasperejani
inessive Kasperissani Kaspereissani
elative Kasperistani Kaspereistani
illative Kasperiini Kaspereihini
adessive Kasperillani Kaspereillani
ablative Kasperiltani Kaspereiltani
allative Kasperilleni Kaspereilleni
essive Kasperinani Kaspereinani
translative Kasperikseni Kaspereikseni
abessive Kasperittani Kaspereittani
instructive
comitative Kaspereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kasperisi Kasperisi
accusative nom. Kasperisi Kasperisi
gen. Kasperisi
genitive Kasperisi Kasperiesi
Kaspereidesi
Kaspereittesi
partitive Kasperiasi Kaspereitasi
Kasperejasi
inessive Kasperissasi Kaspereissasi
elative Kasperistasi Kaspereistasi
illative Kasperiisi Kaspereihisi
adessive Kasperillasi Kaspereillasi
ablative Kasperiltasi Kaspereiltasi
allative Kasperillesi Kaspereillesi
essive Kasperinasi Kaspereinasi
translative Kasperiksesi Kaspereiksesi
abessive Kasperittasi Kaspereittasi
instructive
comitative Kaspereinesi

Statistics

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  • Kasper is the 146th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,234 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,458 more), and also belongs to 8 female individuals (and as a middle name to 7 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • The surname Kasper belongs to 146 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Etymology

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Byform of the name German Kaspar, via Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar) from Classical Syriac ܓܙܒܪܐ (gēzaḇrā), from Old Persian *ganzabarah, from Old Median *ganǰabarah.

Compare Bavarian Kasperl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Kasper m (strong, genitive Kaspers, plural Kasper, diminutive Kasperle n)

  1. clown (normally a puppet)

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Norwegian

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Proper noun

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Kasper

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar

Swedish

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Proper noun

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Kasper c (genitive Kaspers)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar

Anagrams

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