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9/10/2024, 10:21 PM jocatchi
5/31/2014, 2:03 PM Goweegie2

Name Springer
Type Surname (from nickname)
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Nickname for a lively person or for a traveling entertainer, from springen "to jump, to leap". A famous bearer was Ludwig der Springer (AKA Louis the Springer), a medieval Franconian count who, according to legend, escaped from a second or third-story prison cell by jumping into a river after being arrested for trying to seize County Saxony in Germany.
Added 5/31/2014 by Goweegie2