Last Name SPILLIN

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Meaning	The son of Spirling, one of the endless suffixes in '-ing.' The 's' in Sperlings and Spillings is the genitive, as in Williams, Jones, and Simmonds, etc. The only other possible origin is a nickname; German 'sperling,' a sparrow.

Origin	English, Irish

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