Witherspoon

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Origin: Middle English

Meaning: Witherspoon is a Scottish surname derived from a place name now long lost, perhaps from Old English wether (ram, sheep) and spong referring to a narrow strip of land, so the surname essentially means "a narrow strip of land where sheep dwell".


Variants:

  • Witherspoons 
  • Wetherspoon
  • Wotherspoon 
  • Wetherspong 

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