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| Subject: | Re: Piaggio, Biaggi and Sprengel |
| Author: | Marina (guest, 84.27.0.213) |
| Date: | July 25, 2012 at 11:23:24 AM |
| Reply to: | Piaggio, Biaggi and Sprengel by Getb |
http://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/sur/4312244
Result of a simple Google search:
http://lastnames.myheritage.nl/last-name/Sprengel
The meaning of the name Sprengel:
1. habitational name from a place so called, north of Soltau.
2. hence a nickname for a lively, athletic person, from Middle Low German sprengel ‘grasshopper’.
3. from Middle High German sprengel ‘aspergill’, ‘sprinkler for holy water’; of uncertain application.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
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