Jesper

Jesper is a given name commonly believed to be of ancient Persian origin, meaning "Treasurer".

Some notable people with the name Jesper include:

Music

 * Jesper Koch (born 1967), Danish composer
 * Jesper Kyd (born 1972), Danish video game and film score composer
 * Jesper Nordin (Danish conductor) (born 1975)
 * Jesper Nordin (Swedish composer) (born 1971)
 * Jesper Strömblad (born 1972), Swedish musician
 * Jesper Tydén (born 1975), Swedish musical theatre actor

Sports

 * Jesper Appel (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player
 * Jesper Blomqvist (born 1974), Swedish footballer
 * Jesper Christiansen (born 1978), Danish footballer
 * Jesper Drost (born 1993), Dutch footballer
 * Jesper Garnell (born 1958), Danish boxer
 * Jesper Grønkjær (born 1977), Danish footballer
 * Jesper Hansen (disambiguation)
 * Jesper Hellström (born 1995), Swedish triple jumper
 * Jesper Horsted (born 1997), American football player
 * Jesper Jansson (born 1971), Swedish footballer
 * Jesper Knudsen (badminton) (born 1960), Danish player
 * Jesper Mørkøv (born 1988), Danish racing cyclist
 * Jesper Nelin (born 1992), Swedish biathlete
 * Jesper Olsen (born 1961), Danish footballer
 * Jesper Parnevik (born 1965), Swedish golfer
 * Jesper Pedersen (disambiguation)
 * Jesper Skibby (born 1964), Danish racing cyclist
 * Jesper Svensson (disambiguation)

Other

 * Jesper Brochmand (1585–1652), Danish bishop of Zealand, Lutheran apologist
 * Jesper Christensen (born 1948), Danish actor
 * Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby (1576–1622), Swedish soldier and politician
 * Jesper Harding (1799–1865), American publisher
 * Jesper Højer (born 1978), Danish businessman
 * Jesper Swedberg (1653–1735), Swedish bishop, father of Emanuel Swedenborg

Fictional characters

 * Jesper Fahey from the Six of Crows novels
 * Jesper Berg from Okkupert 2010s Norwegian television series
 * Jesper from the Brotherband series
 * Jesper from the Klaus movie


 * Jesper De La Guardie from the novel A Sacred and Terrible Air