Jesper Explained

Jesper
Gender:	male
Meaning:	Treasurer
Origin:	Persian
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Jesper .