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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably a variant of English Spott, from Middle English spot ‘spot’, ‘blemish’, perhaps a nickname for someone with a spotty complexion; or of Scottish Spott, a habitational name from a place so called near Dunbar.

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