Spilka Family History
Spilka Name Meaning
Czech: metonymic occupational name for a brewer from spilka denoting a part of a brewery. It may also be a nickname for a beer drinker. Czech and Slovak (Špilka): nickname from dialect špilka ‘small stick’ (compare Polish name below). Americanized form of Polish Szpilka: nickname or metonymic occupational name from szpilka ‘needle (hair)pin’ also ‘awl’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022