Jesper
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| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian |
| Meaning | Treasurer |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Caspar, Gasparo, Jasper, Jespa, Kacper, Gesù |
Jesper is a given name commonly believed to be of ancient Persian origin, meaning "Treasurer".[1] Some notable people with the name Jesper include:
Music
- Jesper Koch (born 1967), Danish composer
- Jesper Kyd (born 1972), Danish video game and film score composer
- Jesper Nordin (Danish conductor) (born 1975)
- Jesper Nordin (Swedish composer) (born 1971)
- Jesper Strömblad (born 1972), Swedish musician
- Jesper Tydén (born 1975), Swedish musical theatre actor
Sports
- Jesper Appel (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player
- Jesper Blomqvist (born 1974), Swedish footballer
- Jesper Christiansen (born 1978), Danish footballer
- Jesper Drost (born 1993), Dutch footballer
- Jesper Garnell (born 1958), Danish boxer
- Jesper Grønkjær (born 1977), Danish footballer
- Jesper Hansen (disambiguation)
- Jesper Hellström (born 1995), Swedish triple jumper
- Jesper Horsted (born 1997), American football player
- Jesper Jansson (born 1971), Swedish footballer
- Jesper Knudsen (badminton) (born 1960), Danish player
- Jesper Mørkøv (born 1988), Danish racing cyclist
- Jesper Nelin (born 1992), Swedish biathlete
- Jesper Olsen (born 1961), Danish footballer
- Jesper Parnevik (born 1965), Swedish golfer
- Jesper Pedersen (disambiguation)
- Jesper Skibby (born 1964), Danish racing cyclist
- Jesper Svensson (disambiguation)
Other
- Jesper Brochmand (1585–1652), Danish bishop of Zealand, Lutheran apologist
- Jesper Christensen (born 1948), Danish actor
- Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby (1576–1622), Swedish soldier and politician
- Jesper Harding (1799–1865), American publisher
- Jesper Højer (born 1978), Danish businessman
- Jesper Swedberg (1653–1735), Swedish bishop, father of Emanuel Swedenborg
Fictional characters
- Jesper Fahey from the Six of Crows novels
- Jesper Berg from Okkupert 2010s Norwegian television series
- Jesper from the Brotherband series
- Jesper from the Klaus movie
- Jesper De La Guardie from the novel A Sacred and Terrible Air
See also
- Jezper Söderlund, also known as Airbase, a Swedish musician specialising in electronic music
- Jasper (given name)
- All Wikipedia article titles beginning with Jesper
