The stone aspect of it only makes it more cool and interesting on a boy. There are so many stone names for girls! Let the boys have this one! I think of a smart and good-looking boy when I see this name. Jasper in the Bible was a male, so it would be a bit iffy on a girl...
of the gemstone, which comes from a Semitic word meaning "speckled stone." Jasper is the usual English form for one of the Three Wise Men who brought gifts to the infant Christ according to medieval tradition and appears in the Bible as a reference to the stone itself in Revelations 4:3...
Amplified Bible“You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and your sockets,...