Jazper

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jazper by the numbers

Jazper was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jazper

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jazper. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaspertreasurer; keeper of treasure802 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jazier9 in the US (2017)
  • Javiernew house1,638 in the US (2017)
  • Jaggerone who jags or cuts402 in the US (2017)
  • Jaegerhunter, huntsman28 in the US (2017)
  • Jasherupright or correct16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jazper

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