Given name
Sparky
“a gallant man”·“to scatter”
Sparky is a variant of Spark. Interpretations include “a gallant man” and “to scatter”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sparky is a variant of Spark. Interpretations include “a gallant man” and “to scatter”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sparky is a variant of Spark. Spark has been associated with English and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sparky through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 244 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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