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Does anybody know the origins of the surname Spriddell? It is a family surname on my mother's side and seems very unusual. I have recently been tracing the family tree and all branches of families with this surname seem to be related as it is so rare.
Also, I am getting married soon and have been thinking about the pros and cons of changing my surname. Both my current surname (Pritchard) and my fiance's surname (Mooney) seem relatively common and I was wondering if there was any way of incorporating Spriddell as a way of keeping the name going? (it was my grandfather's name and my mother is one of 4 daughters, all of whom have married and so changed their names, and one son who has never married and does not have children so the family name will die with him).
Does anybody know if I could do this (maybe a hyphenated Spriddell-Mooney or something like that) and the legal restrictions on doing this (since it has never been my surname, could I just select it like this?).
Any light anybody could shed would be greatly appreciated.