The spear Surname
spear Name Meaning and History
English: from Middle English spere ‘spear’, hence a nickname
for a tall, thin person, or else for a skilled user of the hunting
spear. In part it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for
a maker of spears
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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