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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Meanings and history of the name Spurgeon: | Edit. Possibly bestowed upon children as a nod to Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), a Baptist preacher who is sometimes referred to as "the Prince of Preachers". Famous real-life people named Spurgeon: | Edit. Spurgeon Elliot Seewald.
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of uncertain meaning, probably of Etruscan origin. It may be related to the Late Latin word spurius "of illegitimate birth", which was derived from Etruscan srural "public".
English: occupational name for a maker of spurs, from an agent derivative of Middle English spore, spure 'spur'.
Late Greek name derived from Greek σπυριδιον (spyridion) meaning "basket" or Latin spiritus meaning "spirit". Saint Spyridon was a 4th-century sheep farmer who became the bishop of Tremithus and suffered during the persecutions of Diocletian.
As a Greek name, Spiro may also be spelled Spyro. It comes from the Greek Spiros/Spyros/Speros (Greek: ΣπÏÏος), with a nominative final "s" that is usually dropped when Anglicised. ... In Germany, the surname Spiro originated as a corruption of Speyer, the name of a town in the Rhineland.
Meanings and history of the name Squandro: | Edit. Squandro was chief of the Sokokis tribe in 1675, an American Indian tribe that lived near the Saco River at Winter Harbor in Maine. Famous real-life people named Squandro: | Edit Share what you know!
