Släkthistoria för Spaven
Spaven Vad efternamn betyder
English (northeastern) and Scottish: nickname for a lame person (especially one with a lump on the leg?) a transferred use of Middle English and Older Scottish spavein spaven ‘spavin’ (Old French espa(r)vain) a disease of horses consisting of a bony tumour formed on the hock. Compare Middle English spaveined ‘crippled’ (person) past participle of spaveinen ‘to lame oneself’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
