Names

From Sicilian spanu meaning “sparse, thin hair”, ultimately from Greek σπάνιος (spanios) meaning “scarce, rare”.

Occupational name for a nailsmith, from Middle High German span nagel “connecting bolt”.

From the name of the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, derived from the Anglo-Saxon tribe of the Spaldingas.

Occupational name for an armourer or swordsman, from Italian spada “sword”, Latin spatha.

From a diminutive of Polish sowa meaning “owl”.

Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.

Means “thin, lean” in Hungarian.

Variant of Sousa.

Name for a person who lived near the southern gate of a town or in a town named Southgate, from Old English suþ and gæt.

Possibly an Americanized form of Sauter.