Sparling Family History
Sparling Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Sperling Sparling Spirling Spurling Old English Spyrling. It has been suggested that this could be a metathesized and shortened form of Old English Sprytling a derivative of Spryt(t)el which forms the first element in the Lincolnshire placename Spridlington though the etymology of the placename is uncertain. English: from Middle English sperling sparling spirling spurling Anglo-Norman French esperlinge Middle Dutch spierlinc denoting some kind of small fish perhaps smelt sprat pilchard or whiting. It may have been given to someone who caught sold or resembled such fish. Americanized form of German Sperling .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022