Spratling Family History
Spratling Name Meaning
English:: pronunciation of Sprackling with /tl/ for /kl/ (see Spracklen ). perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English spratling a diminutive of Middle English sprot sprat ‘sprat (fish)’ (Old English sprott) used as a nickname for a small or insignificant person (see Spratt ). However no medieval evidence has been found to support this explanation.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022