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Spike - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Spike

[ 1 syll. (s)pi-ke, sp-ike ] The boy name Spike is pronounced as SPAYK †. Spike is primarily used in English and it is also of English origin. Literally from the ordinary word 'spike'. The first name is derived from the common English word; it was originally a nickname for someone with spiky hair, as well as a generic nickname for someone whose actual name is unknown. The first name was adopted only from the 20th century. The names the name Spiker and the name Spyke are variant forms of the name.

Spike is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Spike include the name Spyke, the Turkish Savas, the Arabic and Urdu Shafiq, the Indian Subhash, the name Chavez, and the Portuguese Sebastiao.

A famous person named Spike is Filmmaker, Spike Lee, born Shelton Jackson Lee 20 March 1957, Atlanta, Georgia.

 



† Pronunciation for Spike: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


 
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