Definition of "Jasper"

Jasper

/ˈdʒaspə/

proper noun
1. A male given name from Old Persian.
  Quotations
  Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.
  1920, St. John Greer Ervine, Changing Winds, Macmillan, page 225
2. A surname.
3. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
4. Place names:
  1. A town in Alberta, Canada.
  2. Jasper National Park in Alberta.
  3. A city, the county seat of Walker County, Alabama.
  4. A small city, the county seat of Newton County, Arkansas.
  5. A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Florida.
  6. A city, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia.
  7. A city, the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana.
  8. A city in Pipestone County and Rock County, Minnesota.
  9. A city in Jasper County, Missouri.
  10. A town in Steuben County, New York.
  11. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio.
  12. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  13. A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee.
  14. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Texas.
  15. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
  16. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jasper Township.