overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

vesper.

The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvɛspɚ/General-American/ˈvɛspə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.

  2. The evening.

    poetic
  3. A vesper martini.

  4. A vesper bat.

    Almost all vespers are insect catchers.
Where this word comes from

From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”). The martini name was coined by English novelist Ian Fleming in 1953 in his novel Casino Royale, where fictional secret agent James Bond concocts the recipe and names it after the character Vesper Lynd.

adj/ˈvɛspɚ/General-American/ˈvɛspə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Evening.

    not-comparable · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”). The martini name was coined by English novelist Ian Fleming in 1953 in his novel Casino Royale, where fictional secret agent James Bond concocts the recipe and names it after the character Vesper Lynd.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

vesper has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

vesper studiovesper workshello, vesper

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.