Gaspare (also ''Gaspero'', ''Gasperino'' and ''Gasparro'') is an Italian male given name, the literal translation of the English name
Casper and
Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...
(French
Gaspard, Scandinavian
Kasper and
Jesper).
The name is rare in contemporary times, but was common enough in the past such that it is the root of a number of Italian surnames, such as ''
De Gasperi'', ''
Gasperini'', ''
Gasparini'', and ''
Gasparri''.
It may refer to:
Given name
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Gasparo Angiolini
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Gaspare Ambrosini
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Gasparo Berti
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Gaspare Colosimo
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Gasparo Contarini
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Gaspare Finali (1829–1949), Italian academic and politician
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Gasparo Gozzi
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Gaspare DiGregorio
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Gaspare "Gap" Mangione
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Gaspare Messina
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Gaspare Pacchierotti
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Gasparo da Salò
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Gaspare Spontini
Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (14 November 177424 January 1851) was an Italian opera composer and conductor from the classical era. During the first two decades of the 19th century, Spontini was an important figure in French ''opera'', and ...
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Gasparo Tagliacozzi
Surname
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Oronzo Vito Gasparo
See also
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Gasparro (surname)
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Italian masculine given names
Masculine given names