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English (Devon): nickname from Middle English sprag ‘brisk energetic’ a variant of Sprake with voicing of the -k- which survives in the 19th-century dialect word spragg ‘lively ingenious’. It was occasionally used in the 12th century as personal name recorded as Spreg' c. 1177–86.

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