The Spragg Family Name

Spellings drift, and Spragg is where Sprague drifted for some families. At root, the name means “Lively, nimble”.

Spragg and Sprague

Before spelling was fixed, Sprague was also written Spragg. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Sprake.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Spragg with 1,138 bearers, at rank 22,573. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Sprague surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

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