Surname Spotlight: Sprake

Sprake is an established spelling of the English surname Sprague.

Name scholars give the meaning as “Lively, nimble”. Records show Sprake as one of the forms Sprague took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Spragg.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Sprake, so the heraldry linked to Sprague is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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