Caspary

Caspary is a surname of German origin derived from the given name Kaspar (Caspar), one of the traditional names attributed to the Biblical Magi. As a patronymic, Caspary would have signified lineage from someone named Kaspar and subsequently spread with German-speaking populations and through emigration.

In modern usage, Caspary appears in Germany and other central European countries and is found among communities of German descent in the United States and other parts of the world. As with many such surnames, its distribution reflects historical migration patterns rather than a single geographical center of origin.

Notable people with the surname include Vera Caspary (1893–1987), an American crime novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for the novel Laura (1943), which was adapted into the 1944 film Laura, a landmark in the film noir genre. Caspary’s other works, including Bedelia (1945), contributed to mid-20th-century American crime and suspense fiction and helped shape the era’s adaptation of literature to cinema.