Last Name JASPER

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Meaning	The son of Jasper, from French Gasperd. Very rare in England as a surname, but it was at one time common as a Christian name.

Origin	English, Jewish, Greek, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	3,576 (2000 US census)	3,038 (1990 US census)

Count	9,125 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

69.25%, or 6319 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
26.27%, or 2397 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 44 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.61%, or 56 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.72%, or 157 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 152 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Surnames that make great first names

We do not really know what surnames will make great first name. It is just highly subjective. What we can tell you is what last names historically been used as first name. We do not know if they will be great. We just know they have been at some time...