Kasper
given name · Danish · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kasper is a given name, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Danish and Finnish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Dutch/German form of Casper, from Persian/Aramaic tradition meaning 'treasurer'.
- DKDenmark1 in 299◐
- FIFinland1 in 773
- NONorway1 in 1.1K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈44K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 200 ●
- 1 in 299 ◐
across 9 countries
recorded for this name
22K records
Official registry-verified
Denmark
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Dutch/German form of Casper, from Persian/Aramaic tradition meaning 'treasurer'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | #40 | 19,659△ | 9.4K rec. | 1 in 299 | 20K | Kasper | 200 |
| SE Sweden | #818 | 7,519△ | 682 rec. | 1 in 1.4K | 7.5K | Kasper | 59 |
| FI Finland | #443 | 7,207△ | 493 rec. | 1 in 773 | 8.2K | Kasper | 47 |
| NO Norway | #235 | 5,046△ | 720 rec. | 1 in 1.1K | 19K | Kasper | 63 |
| US United States | — | 2,562 | 5.1K rec. | 1 in 130K | 12K | Kasper | 137 |
| PL Poland | — | 2,264 | — | 1 in 17K | 2.3K | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 980 | 561 rec. | — | 8.9K | Kasper | 60 |
| BR Brazil | — | 735 | 488 rec. | — | 1.6K | Kasper | 63 |
| FR France | — | 537 | 1.5K rec. | — | 34 | Kasper | 129 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 282 | 282 rec. | — | 11 | Kasper | 55 |
| EE Estonia | — | 251 | 56 rec. | — | 227 | Kasper | 13 |
| MX Mexico | — | 188 | 315 rec. | — | — | Kasper | 18 |
Roughly 20K people in Denmark bear this name (about 1 in 299). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Danish117K55%
- Finnish32K15%
- Norwegian Bokmål19K9%
- Polish12K5%
- English11K5%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | 117,318 | 55% |
| Finnish | 32,188 | 15% |
| Norwegian Bokmål | 18,982 | 9% |
| Polish | 11,540 | 5% |
| English | 10,510 | 5% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Kasper is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, German surname from the Casper/Kasper type; consonant variation with initial C/K and p/b in the cluster. Bearer count: 6777.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In English, German; see Gaspar/Jasper, one of the three Wise Men in the New Testament
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In Danish, a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme germanique de Gaspard; d’origine sanskrite, « celui qui vient voir ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In German, Vom Vornamen Kaspar/Kasper; die Karte zeigt die Vokalvariation zwischen -a- und -e- sowie Endsilbenabschwächung. 10455 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1975 | 9 |
| 1977 | 7 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 7 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1981 | 8 |
| 1982 | 5 |
| 1983 | 7 |
| 1984 | 11 |
| 1985 | 9 |
| 1986 | 17 |
| 1987 | 12 |
| 1988 | 18 |
| 1989 | 18 |
| 1990 | 23 |
| 1991 | 24 |
| 1992 | 22 |
| 1993 | 29 |
| 1994 | 41 |
| 1995 | 32 |
| 1996 | 55 |
| 1997 | 49 |
| 1998 | 76 |
| 1999 | 100 |
| 2000 | 94 |
| 2001 | 119 |
| 2002 | 146 |
| 2003 | 154 |
| 2004 | 156 |
| 2005 | 137 |
| 2006 | 154 |
| 2007 | 158 |
| 2008 | 169 |
| 2009 | 210 |
| 2010 | 179 |
| 2011 | 174 |
| 2012 | 161 |
| 2013 | 166 |
| 2014 | 178 |
| 2015 | 187 |
| 2016 | 188 |
| 2017 | 182 |
| 2018 | 197 |
| 2019 | 182 |
| 2020 | 142 |
| 2021 | 191 |
| 2022 | 177 |
| 2023 | 232 |
| 2024 | 187 |
| 2025 | 227 |
NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 51 years between 1973–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Kasparb. 1458DEnot in their usual nameGerman nobleman; nominal Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
- Kasper Windingb. 1956DKDanish composer, record producer and musician
- Kasper Hjulmandb. 1972DKDanish association football manager
- Kasper Barfoedb. 1972DKDanish filmmaker
- Kasper Andersenb. 1977DKDanish actor and cinematographer
- Kasper Bøgelundb. 1980DKDanish footballer
- Kasper Schmeichelb. 1986DKDanish association football player
- Kasper Asgreenb. 1995DKDanish cyclist, born 1995
- Kasper Dolbergb. 1997DKDanish association football player (born 1997)
- Kasper Høghb. 2000DKDanish association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 74 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 20K | #35 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 19K | #246 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 10K | #3,545 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 10K | #3,287 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9.5K | #3,631 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 8.2K | #453 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 7.2K | — |
| NO Norway | SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891) | 2025 | 5K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 3.5K | #753 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 3.1K | #1,043 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 2.6K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2.3K | #328 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 459 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Kasper?
- We estimate roughly 44 thousand people bear Kasper (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Kasper have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 20 thousand people bear Kasper in Denmark, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kasper.
- Where is Kasper most common?
- Kasper is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 299 people carrying it.
- How common is Kasper compared with other names?
- In Denmark, Kasper is the 40th most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.
- Is Kasper a male or female name?
- Kasper is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Kasper mean?
- Recorded meaning: Dutch/German form of Casper, from Persian/Aramaic tradition meaning 'treasurer'.
Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kasperThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use. Bulk access and licensing.
About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kasper” — the 40th most common given name in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.