Meaning and Origin of: Spencer

Old English: Dispenser, keeper

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Dispenser, keeper

Boy name variations

Spence
Spenser

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : occupational name for someone employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’ + the agent suffix -er.

Famous people with this last name

Diana Spencer

Famous people who gave their babies this name

Kelsey Grammer
Cuba Gooding
Gena Lee Nolin