Springle Family History

English:: nickname from Middle English spring(h)ald ‘youth stripling’ in modern parlance ‘teenager’ first recorded in the 15th century but likely to be older. It may also have been used as a personal name. The word is probably related to Old English springan ‘to spring up’. nickname from Middle English springald Old French espringalle Anglo-Norman French springalde ‘catapult a siege machine for hurling missiles’ perhaps used for a soldier who operated one in battle. The French word is probably a borrowing of a Germanic word with the basic sense ‘that which springs up’ and may be identical in origin with 1 above. nickname from Middle English spornegold ‘spurn gold’ perhaps for someone who despised wealth (though the name may have been used ironically).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022