Spare
See also: spare and spāre
English
Etymology
From spare, a nickname for a frugal person.
Proper noun
Spare (plural Spares)
- A surname, from nicknames.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Spare is the 43206th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 500 individuals. Spare is most common among White (96.4%) individuals.
Derived terms
- Sparean
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spare”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN