<Tr> <Th> Word / name </Th> <Td> Chaldean, Old Persian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Meaning </Th> <Td> "Treasurer" </Td> </Tr> <P> Casper (with the same sounding Kasper) is a family and personal name derived from Chaldean that means "Treasurer". The origins of the name have been traced as far back as the Old Testament and variations of the name have been adopted by a variety of cultures and languages . </P> <P> The name is derived from Gaspar which in turn is from an ancient Chaldean word, "Gizbar", which according to Strong's Concordance means "Treasurer". The word "Gizbar" appears in the Hebrew version of the Old Testament Book of Ezra (1: 8). In fact, the modern Hebrew word for "Treasurer" is still "Gizbar" (גזבר). By the 1st century B.C. the Septuagint gave a Greek translation of "Gizbar" in Ezra 1: 8 as "Gasbarinou" (literally, "son of Gasbar"). The transition from "Gizbar" to "Caspar" and "Kaspar" can thus be summarized as: Gizbar> Gasbar> Gaspar> Caspar> Kaspar...with "C" being a misreading of the manuscript "G" and "K" having the same phonetic value as "C". </P>

What is the meaning of the name casper