Gaspare

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Gaspare is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar or Jasper.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 7.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 657K
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 51K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,100 people, est.

Sources
169 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar or Jasper

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gaspare 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.

Where Gaspare is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy#881≈8,100 est.≈1 in 7.8K15Gaspare124
US United States—5061 in 657K505Gaspare169
BE Belgium—≈230 est.≈1 in 51K—Gaspare13
FR France—≈150 est.≈1 in 452KlistedGaspare2
GB United Kingdom—≈140 est.≈1 in 483KlistedGaspare22
CA Canada—≈120 est.≈1 in 304K—Gaspare32
CH Switzerland—≈79 est.≈1 in 106K8Gaspare17
PY Paraguay—≈22 est.≈1 in 326K—Gaspare1

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: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gaspare is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Italy, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gáspare

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Italy, United States

    Also written Gasparé

  • Croatian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Italy

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Гаспаре

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gaspare 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 Italian, Nome di uno dei Re Magi; interpretato come nome degli Arii dell’India e della Persia, con possibile etimologia celtica secondo lo Zambaldi.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, dal persiano kansbar, tramite il greco/latino, nome di uno dei Magi.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, do persa Gathaspar; nome de um dos Reis Magos; sobrenome patronímico

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • Tesoriere, ispettore del tesoro

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

  • Italian form of CASPAR .

    as a word

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)

1400160018002000Gaspare Tagliacozzi, b. 1545Gaspare Aselli, b. 1581Giuseppe Sammartini, b. 1695Gaspare Traversi, b. 1722Gaspare Spontini, b. 1774Gaspare Fossati, b. 1809Gaspare Campari, b. 1828Emilio De Bono, b. 1866Gian Gaspare Napolitano, b. 1907Gaspare Spatuzza, b. 1964

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 26 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Gaspare
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20248#72,019
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Gaspare mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, equivalent to English Caspar or Jasper Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Gaspare a male or female name?
Gaspare is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Gaspare?
In the etymology graph, Jesper, Kacper and Caspar are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Gaspare have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.1 thousand people named Gaspare in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gaspare.
How common is the name Gaspare?
In the United States, the national register counted 506 people named Gaspare in 2020, about 1 in 657 thousand residents.
How common is Gaspare compared with other names?
In Italy, Gaspare is the 881st most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.

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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, “Gaspare” — the 881st most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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