English and South German: occupational name for a reciter, from
an agent derivative of Middle English spell(en), Middle High
German spellen ‘to tell or relate’. In the case of the English
surname there has probably been some confusion with
Spiller.German: habitational name for someone from
Spelle near Rheine.Variant of Spiller 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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