English Explanatory Dictionary

Spillane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Spillane Spillanes

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Spealáin (“descendant of Spealán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of speal (“scythe”).

Derived words

Spillanean Spillanesque Spillanian
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