Spenser Forename

190,298th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,641 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Spenser Forename Definition:

A Old English name, meaning: Dispenser of provisions.

Spenser Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
91%
 
1,2261:295,7079,277
Canada
100%
701:473,33412,733
England
100%
451:1,235,62018,913
Kenya-301:1,543,57019,909
Indonesia-281:9,212,988301,436
Nigeria
100%
241:7,398,51598,458
Liberia
100%
211:210,0987,343
Zambia-191:834,46314,732
Uganda
76%
 
191:2,155,62727,415
Russia
89%
 
191:7,591,24831,825
Philippines
100%
151:7,067,298110,797
South Africa
100%
121:4,544,38799,592
Hong Kong-101:775,2725,181
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
Mexico
100%
71:17,734,91843,346
Papua New Guinea
100%
61:1,358,71989,225
Thailand
83%
 
61:11,677,636152,954
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Brazil-61:35,706,026284,222
Zimbabwe
100%
51:3,084,76372,050
South Korea-41:1,386,10520,690
Australia-41:3,414,40625,298
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Cameroon
100%
41:5,402,62668,032
Haiti-41:2,681,73823,796
Taiwan-31:7,923,22799,341
France-31:22,156,78046,973
Vietnam-31:30,874,3715,995
India
100%
31:404,959,3243,244,417
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Transnistria-11:475,6382,115
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Scotland
100%
11:5,350,36624,769
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690

Spenser (789) may also be a surname.

Spenser Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Old English name, meaning: Dispenser of provisions.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Spenser Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Spenser Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spenser in the Russian language
Спенсерspenser-

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