SPRY

SPRY. "The name of Spry, Sprey, Spray, is Cornish, and signifies a sprout, branch, sprig, or slip of any matter or thing." Hals, in D. Gilbert's Cornwall, i. 29, — a very wide etymology. In the dialect of Somerset, and in the United States, ' sp?"y ' means nimble, active, smart.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.