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[ˈɡaʃpar] · Slovak
01 / Meaning & origin
Gašpar is a masculine given name documented in Slovak and Slovene.
Separate records with matching spellings: Gaspar (English, Spanish), Gáspár (Hungarian)
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Gaspar— “treasure master”
By the eleventh century, these three kings had received names, for they are found written over against their figures in a painting of that date, and occur in the breviary of Mersburg. Though their original donor is unknown, their Oriental sound makes it probable that he was a pilgrim-gatherer of Eastern legends. Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, are not according to European fancy, and are not easy to explain. The first may either be the Persian, _gendshber_ (treasure master),…
By the eleventh century, these three kings had received names, for they are found written over against their figures in a painting of that date, and occur in the breviary of Mersburg. Though their original donor is unknown, their Oriental sound makes it probable that he was a pilgrim-gatherer of Eastern legends. Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, are not according to European fancy, and are not easy to explain. The first may either be the Persian, _gendshber_ (treasure master), or else be taken from the red or green stone called _yashpah_ in the East, ἵασπις in Greek, _jasper_ in Latin. This was the only one of these names ever used in England, where it was once common. Gasparde is the French feminine; in English the masculine is Jasper. It is extremely common in Germany; and has suffered the penalty of popularity, for Black Kaspar is a name of the devil, and Kaspar is a Jack Pudding.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VII (Names From Holy Days), Section III (The Epiphany) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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