Tracing the Spinney Family Name

Sharing the Spinney name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

The meaning behind Spinney

Spinney began as an English family name. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “one who came from Spinney (thicket), in Cambridgeshire”.

That makes it a habitational name, first given to someone from that place. In the 2010 US Census, 1,654 Americans gave Spinney as their last name (rank 17,135).

Want more than a summary? See the Spinney family name pack.