Caspar Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Anyone researching Caspar should also look under Gaspar. Its meaning, shared with Gaspar, is “Treasurer”.

• Spelled with “c” instead of “g”, Caspar shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• 321 Americans were listed as Caspar in the 2010 census. INSEE counts 2,173 people born in France with the Caspar surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1961–1970. There were 79 such births in the 1890s and 214 in the 1990s.
• Related forms: Gaspard.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Gaspar surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Research your Caspar family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.