Family name origins & meanings
- South German : habitational name for someone from any of the places named Spring, Springe, Springen, or Sprink.
- Dutch : occupational name for an acrobat or tumbler, from Middle Dutch springen, sprengen ‘to jump or leap’ + man ‘man’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Springer, from Yiddish shpringen ‘to jump’ + man ‘man’.