Spade - Last Names

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Spade

/speɪd/

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Uncommon

Meaning

A digging tool or one of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards

Represents labor, grounding, and practicality due to its link with the garden tool; symbolizes strategy, chance, and mystery through its card suit identity

Symbolism

Embodies both hard work and hidden knowledge—associated with earth and agriculture via the tool, and with intellect, fate, and risk via the playing card. The black spade also carries connotations of rebellion or edginess in modern symbolism

Etymology: Derived from Middle English 'spad(e)' meaning a digging implement, ultimately from Latin 'spatha' (a broad blade or shovel). As a surname, it likely began as an occupational name for a maker or user of spades. The card suit name comes from the same root, adopted due to the shape's resemblance to a shovel

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Cultural Background

Originating as an English occupational surname, Spade is linked to those who made or used spades (di

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