Gaspard
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gaspard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Traditional French form of Jasper, from Persian/Greek meaning ‘treasurer’.
- USUnited States1 in 63K(measured from records)
- BEBelgium1 in 9K
- NONorway1 in 547K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 75 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)
5,285 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Traditional French form of Jasper, from Persian/Greek meaning ‘treasurer’.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gaspard counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 5,285 | 1 in 63K | 5.3K | Gaspard | 75 |
| BE Belgium | 1,301 | 1 in 9K | 1.3K | Gaspard | 6 |
| BR Brazil | 60 | 1 in 3.5M | 60 | Gaspard | 22 |
| ES Spain | 15 | 1 in 3.3M | 46 | — | 8 |
| CH Switzerland | 13 | 1 in 646K | 13 | — | 6 |
| NO Norway | 10 | 1 in 547K | 38 | — | 4 |
| NL Netherlands | 6 | 1 in 2.9M | 107 | — | 2 |
5,285 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gaspard is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Caspar of the Magi
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Du nom hébreu Gaspar, du perse gizbar « trésorier ».
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, En argot, un gaspard est un rat. Le mot vient bien du prénom Gaspard, « prénom donné à un rat apprivoisé en prison » ( Dictionnaire de l’argot , Larousse).
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
In French, Origine sanskrite, « celui qui vient voir »; nom lié aux Rois mages.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Persan via l'araméen, nom d'un des Rois mages; origine incertaine.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Leon Gaspardb. 1882USRussian painter (1882–1964)
- Joseph Gaspard Boucherb. 1897CACanadian politician (1897–1955)
- Françoise Gaspardb. 1945FRFrench politician; feminist sociologist (*1945)
- Pierino Gaspardb. 1954ITItalian wheelchair male curler and alpine skier
- Pierre Gaspardb. 1959BEphysicist, professor
- Patrick Gaspardb. 1967CDpresident of the Open Society Foundations
- Jérôme Gaspardb. 1975FRFrench stunt performer and actor
- Shad Gaspardb. 1981USAmerican professional wrestler, actor and basketball player (1981-2020)
- Florine Gaspardb. 2001BEBelgian swimmer
- Juan GaspardUSAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 66 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.3K | #6,427 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5K | #6,488 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.7K | #6,674 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1.3K | #948 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 1.2K | #955 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 60 | #92,187 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 15 | #97,717 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 13 | #50,156 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 10 | #55,168 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 6 | #73,200 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gaspard mean, and where does it come from?
- Traditional French form of Jasper, from Persian/Greek meaning ‘treasurer’. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Gaspard have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 5.3 thousand people named Gaspard, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gaspard.
- Where is Gaspard most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gaspard is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 9.0 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- What are other forms of the name Gaspard?
- In the etymology graph, Gaspar, Kasper and Kaspar are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Gaspard?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,285 people named Gaspard in 2010, about 1 in 63 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Gaspard?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gaspardThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gaspard”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.