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casper Name Meaning and History

German and Slavic: from the personal name Casper or Kaspar, which was especially popular in central Europe up to the 18th century. Originally from Persian kaehbaed, khazana-dar, or ganjvaer, all meaning ‘treasure bearer’, it was ascribed by popular tradition in Europe to one of the three Magi. Their supposed remains were taken to Cologne from Constantinople in the 12th century. See also Baltazar and Melchior.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of casper Families in the US in 1920
Number of casper families
 108-213
 37-107		 1-36
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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