Weatherspoon Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Weatherspoon, so the heraldry linked to Witherspoon is a starting point, not an automatic right.

The meaning behind Weatherspoon

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Witherspoon could easily become Weatherspoon. The name is generally explained as “Sheep pasture”.

Before spelling was fixed, Witherspoon was also written Weatherspoon. The same family of names includes Wotherspoon. The 2010 US Census counted 5,409 people named Weatherspoon, ranking it number 6,310 among American surnames. It sits among the 10,000 most common last names in the country.

Want more than a summary? See the Weatherspoon family name pack.