Speake Family History
Speake Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Speke in Lancashire named in Old English with spēc ‘small branch twig’. nickname from Middle English spek(e) spec (Old French espech(e) espek). The name was interchangeable with the synonymous name Speight . Espec or Espek is recorded as a nickname in Normandy from 1036.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022