Meaning and background
The story behind Jasper
Jasper has a traditional personal-name route through Latin Gaspar, with a proposed older connection to a word for treasurer. The source treats that connection as possible, so it should not become an unqualified translation. Jasper can also be chosen for the gemstone word, a separate naming inspiration. English and Dutch reference pronunciations differ at the opening sound. Decide whether a person, the stone or the sound is your intended connection, and use the corresponding pronunciation rather than assuming one universal reading.
- Origin
- Personal-name route through Latin Gaspar, with a possible older treasurer-word connection; the gemstone is a separate naming inspiration. Source
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About Jasper
Recorded as a dog’s name
Jasper appears in 152 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dʒæspɚ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dʒæspɚ/ · primary stress on syllable 1JH AE1 S P ER0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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