- Spade
The Spade surname is derived from the Middle High German word "späth," meaning "late;" thus it is supposed that it may have evolved from a nickname for a tardy person.
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- Spalding
Spalding Name Meaning. English and Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire, so called from the Old English tribal name Spaldingas 'people of the district called Spald'. The district name probably means 'ditches', referring to drainage channels in the fenland.
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- Spangler
Spangler Name Meaning. German (Bavarian): originally an occupational name for a maker of buckles, from an agent derivative of a diminutive form of Middle High German spange 'clasp', 'buckle', 'ornamental fastening', later coming to mean 'tinsmith', 'plumber'.
Meaning: Tinsmith
Origin: German - Spanser
English Meaning: The name Spencer is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Spencer is: Keeper of provisions. Famous Bearer: actor Spencer Tracy.
- Spark
The name Spark is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Spark is: Gallant.
- Sparke
This interesting surname with variant spelling Sparke, Sparks and Spark originated from the Old Norse medieval nickname "Sparkr", meaning "Sprightly", "Vivacious", given to a particularly bright, lively person. ... The "-s" at the end of the surname signifys "son of", hence son of "Sparke".
- Spartacus
Means "from the city of Sparta" in Latin. Spartacus was the name of a Thracian-born Roman slave who led a slave revolt in Italy in the 1st century BC. He was eventually killed in battle and many of his followers were crucified.
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- Spear
Spear Name Meaning English: from Middle English spere 'spear', hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, or else for a skilled user of the hunting spear.
Meaning: Spear carrier
- Spearman
Spearman Name Meaning. occupational name for a soldier armed with a spear, from Middle English spere 'spear' + man. from the Middle English, Old English personal name Spereman, of the same origin as the occupational name above.
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- Sped
English: nickname for a fortunate person, from Middle English sped 'success', 'good fortune', 'smooth progress' (hence the modern meaning 'swiftness'). English: from the derived sense of Middle English sped mentioned above, hence a nickname for a swift runner.
- Speed
Speed Name Meaning. English: nickname for a fortunate person, from Middle English sped 'success', 'good fortune', 'smooth progress' (hence the modern meaning 'swiftness').
- Speedy
Speedy Name Meaning. Scottish: from an adjectival or diminutive form of Speed 2.
- Spelding
The name Spelding is a Male name. English meaning: The name Spelding is a English baby name The English meaning of Spelding is: From the split meadow.
Meaning: From the split meadow
Origin: English - Spellman
Spellman Name Meaning. German: occupational name for a musician or minstrel, from Middle Low German spel 'play' + man 'man'. German (Spellmann): habibtational name for someone from Spelle near Rheine or Spellen near Wesel. English: variant of Speller.
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- Spence
The Spence surname derives from the Old French word "despense," from the Latin "dispendere" meaning "to dispense;" as such, it is thought to have been an metonymic occupational surname for someone in charge of the pantry of a great house or monastery. The Middle English word "spense" means "larder" or "storeroom."
- Spencer
English Meaning: The name Spencer is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Spencer is: Keeper of provisions. Famous Bearer: actor Spencer Tracy.
Meaning: Dispenser of provisions
Origin: French - Spencre
English Meaning: The name Spencer is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Spencer is: Keeper of provisions. Famous Bearer: actor Spencer Tracy.
- Spengler
Spengler is a German-language occupational surname, literally meaning "metal worker" or "tin knocker". It may refer to: Alexander Spengler (1827–1901), the first Davos doctor specializing in tuberculosis. Bruno Spengler (born 1983), a Canadian racecar driver.
Meaning: Tinsmith
Origin: German - Spenser
Origin of the name Spencer: Transferred use of the English surname derived from the Anglo-French espenser and the Old French despensier (dispenser of provisions, a butler or steward who had control of the provisions of a household). Var: Spenser.
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- Spere
Word Origin and History for sphere. n. 1530s, restored spelling of Middle English spere (c.1300) "space, conceived as a hollow globe about the world," from Old French espere (13c.), from Latin sphaera "globe, ball, celestial sphere," from Greek sphaira "globe, ball," of unknown origin.
- Spica
The traditional name Spica derives from Latin spīca virginis "the virgin's ear of [wheat] grain". It was also anglicized as Virgin's Spike. Johann Bayer cited the name Arista.
Meaning: Name of a star
Origin: Latin - Spike
Go back to names list. Spike is an uncommon baby boy's name of English origin. Spike literally means a 'pointed end'. Spike Lee is an American film producer and Spike was also the name of a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Meaning: Ear of grain, long nail
Origin: American - Spiro
As a Greek name, Spiro may also be spelled Spyro. ... It is a shortened form of the archaic-sounding Spyridon (Σπυρίδων), which means in ancient Greek "basket used to carry seeds" (Σπυρί, grain, seed). The Greek diminutives for Spirydon are Pipis (Πίπης ) and Pipeto (Πιπέτο).
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- Spiros
Spiros Name Meaning. Greek: from the personal name Spiros or a patronymic derived from it. This is a vernacular form of Spyridon, the name of the patron saint of Corfu, who died in 348 ad; it is ultimately derived from classical Greek spyris 'large basket'.
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- Sprague
Sprague Name Meaning. English: from northern Middle English Spragge, either a personal name or a byname meaning 'lively', a metathesized and voiced form of Spark 1.
Meaning: Alert, lively
Origin: German - Springer
Springer Name Meaning. English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a lively person or for a traveling entertainer, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle High German springen, Middle Dutch springhen, Yiddish shpringen 'to jump or leap'.
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- Sproul
This interesting and unusual surname, with variant spellings Spreull, Sproul(s), Sprull(s), Sprowle(s) etc., recorded in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, from the late 13th Century is believed to derive from the old Gaelic "Spruill(e)" literally meaning "fragment" or "morsel", and used in a figurative sense to describe ...
- Sproule
Recorded in a number of spellings including Spreull, Sproul, Sproull, Sproule, the genitive Sprouls, Sprulls, Sprowles, meaning 'son of Sproul', this is an early Scottish surname. ... However being a nickname could also have the opposite meaning and describe a very large person.
- Sprowle
This interesting and unusual surname, with variant spellings Spreull, Sproul(s), Sprull(s), Sprowle(s) etc., recorded in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, from the late 13th Century is believed to derive from the old Gaelic "Spruill(e)" literally meaning "fragment" or "morsel", and used in a figurative sense to describe ...
- Spruce
Recorded in several spellings including Prouse, Prewse, Prowse, Pruce, and Spruce, this is a surname of two possible origins. Firstly, it may be from the Old French and later English word "prous or prouz", meaning valiant or, doughty.
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