Jesper

Medieval Danish variant of Kasper (same as Caspar), with possible confusion with Esbern, Espen, from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn.

Jesper

1. a male given name

• (male given names) Casper, Kasper
• (surnames) Jespersen, Caspersen, Kaspersen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 267 males with the given name Jesper have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈjesper/, [ˈje̞s̠pe̞r]
• Rhymes: -esper
• Syllabification^(key): Jes‧per

Jesper

1. a male given name

• Jesper is the 276^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,683 male individuals (and as a middle name to 838 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Jesper

1. a male given name

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Jesper c (genitive Jespers)

1. a male given name