Jasper
JAS-per
A classic male name linked to the precious stone jasper and, in some traditions, to a treasure-bearing figure.
Meaning
The name Jasper is traditionally connected with the precious stone jasper; one 19th-century source gives it as derived from Arab. yashb or Pers. yashp. Another excerpt also glosses it in English tradition as “treasure master,” though the stone meaning is the clearer etymology. The name has long been used in Christian-name lists as a male given name.
Origin
PersianArabicEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
Jasper also appears in the legend of the Virgin standing on a pillar of jasper, which helped inspire the Spanish female name Pilar.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.