The sprott Surname
sprott Name Meaning and History
- Scottish and northern English: from the Old English personal name Sprot, of uncertain origin. It may be derived from Old English sprot ‘sprout’, ‘young shoot’.
- Northern Irish (County Down): variant of Spratt.
- German: probably a habitational name from places named Sprotte (Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt), Sprotta (Silesia).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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