Jasper

1. an opaque reddish-brown semi-precious stone consisting of a variety of chalcedony.
2. a kind of fine hard porcelain developed by Josiah Wedgwood and used for Wedgwood cameos and other delicate work.

Middle English (originally denoting any bright-coloured chalcedony other than carnelian): from Old French jasp(r)e, from Latin iaspis, from Greek, of oriental origin. The origin of sense 3 is uncertain.

1. a wasp.

   I got stung by a jasper this morning

1960s: origin uncertain; perhaps from the male given name Jasper (from the similarity in sound between the name and the word wasp ).