Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Ball of fire; joyful

Boy name variations

Sparky
Sparkee
Sparkey
Sparki
Sparkie

Family name origins & meanings

  • Northern English : from the Old Norse byname or personal name Sparkr ‘sprightly’, ‘vivacious’.
  • German : nickname either from Middle High German spar ‘sparrow’ (see Sparrow) or from Middle Low German sparke ‘spark’. Compare 1 above.

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