Kasper

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

Variant form of Kaspar ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Related Names

See Kaspar

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Kasperinpoika
Kaspersen
Kasperson
Kasperssen
Kaspersson
Kasperssøn
Kaspersøn

Female

Kasperdatter
Kasperintytär
Kaspersdatter
Kaspersdotter
Kaspersdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Kasper
Genitive:	Kaspers

- Finnish
Nominative:	Kasper
Genitive:	Kasperin
Partitive:	Kasperia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Kasper
Accusative:	Kasper
Dative:	Kasper
Genitive:	Kaspers

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Kasper
Genitive:	Kaspers

- Swedish
Nominative:	Kasper
Genitive:	Kaspers

Name Days

Finland Finland

20 October

Norway Norway

9 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

20 October

Sweden Sweden

6 January

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1465 ^[1] ^[4]
Denmark: 15th century ^[5]
Finland: 17th century ^[2]

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway:
- early 20th century ^[6]
- 2000- ^[6]
Denmark:
- 1970-1990 ^[5]
Sweden:
- 1990- ^[4]

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark: Sjælland ^[5]

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country	Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Denmark^[7]	0	n.a.	19577	n.a.
Norway^[8]	4	n.a.	3505	n.a.
Sweden^[9]	3	4	2384	2921
Iceland^[10]	0	0	11	12
Finland^[11]	0	0	n.a.	6443
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Kasper(m) Sources: ^[9]^[7]^[8]^[11]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Kasper(m) Sources: ^[12]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Kasper(m)

Sources: ^[9] ^[7] ^[8] ^[11]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[ott-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[blo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)

[nper-3] Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[bry-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[mel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[alh-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[dst.dk-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[ssb.no-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[scb.se-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[hag.is-10] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[vrf.fi-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

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