Origins of the name Sport
Would love to hear from anyone who knows about the origins of the name Sport.
My mother's maiden name is Spowart which suddenly appears circa 1600 in Fife, Scotland.
Some of the variant spellings of the name Sport and the name Spowart, plus a William Sport who was born in Edinburgh, just beside Fife around 1580 suggest that there may be some commonality.
The Spowarts on the web hint at Dutch/Other European origin but they are no more than that.No-one has any firm evidence for the origin of the name Spowart.
If you have any info, regardless of how slight it might help solve a mystery that a number of us have puzzled long and hard over.
Regards
Duncan Conner
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