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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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