Names

Americanized form of Spitznagel.

Means “sharp nail” in German, an occupational name for a nailsmith.

Alternate transcription of Greek Σπύρος (see Spyros).

Means “sharp” in German, indicating the original bearer lived near a pointed hill.

Originally denoted a person from Spillum, Norway.

Denoted a person who lived near thorn bushes, from Italian spina “thorn, spine”, from Latin.

Americanized form of Spijker 1 or Spijker 2.

Occupational name for a nailsmith, from Dutch spijker “nail”.

Denoted a dweller by or worker at a granary, from Dutch spijker “granary”.

Means “grocer” in Italian, derived from Latin speciarius “spice seller”.