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ArchivesRe: Is surname Sprague Czech?
in reply to a message by Dododo
Here’s what I found:
Sprague is a nickname from Middle English sprag 'brisk energetic' a variant of Sprake with voicing of the -k- which survives in the 19th-century dialect word spragg 'lively ingenious'. It was occasionally used in the 12th century as personal name recorded as Spreg' c. 1177–86.
Old Scandinavian origin, and is a patronymic form of the surname derived from the Old Norse byname "Sparkr", meaning sprightly, vivacious. The name Sparkes or Sprakes contains the patronymic suffix "-s", meaning son of; hence, "son of Sparkr".
Sprague is a nickname from Middle English sprag 'brisk energetic' a variant of Sprake with voicing of the -k- which survives in the 19th-century dialect word spragg 'lively ingenious'. It was occasionally used in the 12th century as personal name recorded as Spreg' c. 1177–86.
Old Scandinavian origin, and is a patronymic form of the surname derived from the Old Norse byname "Sparkr", meaning sprightly, vivacious. The name Sparkes or Sprakes contains the patronymic suffix "-s", meaning son of; hence, "son of Sparkr".
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