Gaspare
Gaspare is an Italian male given name, the literal translation of the English name Casper and Jasper.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Gaspare
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gaspare is an Italian male given name, the literal translation of the English name Casper and Jasper.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Gaspare
The earliest SSA record of Gaspare as a baby boy name dates back to 1911, when 5 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Gaspare — #2,165 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Gaspare on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Gaspare last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 445 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Gaspare
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gaspare. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Gasparo
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About the name Gaspare
Gaspare is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 445 births in the dataset. Gaspare's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #2,165. Use the chart and map above to compare Gaspare's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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