What the surname "Springer" mean?

Question

Is it english or German?

Answer 1

It's german.  It means jumper.

Answer 2

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

Springer Name Meaning and History

English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a lively person or for a traveling entertainer, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle High German springen, Middle Dutch springhen, Yiddish shpringen ‘to jump or leap’.

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a fountain or the source of a stream, Middle English spring ‘spring’ + the habitational suffix -er. The same word was also used of a plantation of young trees, and in some cases this may be the source of the surname.

hope this helps.

Answer 3

I googled and found this website:

http://www.genealogytoday.com/surname/fi...

and: http://www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu/Sp...

Could not find out anything more.  Sorry.

Answer 4

German  and i love the jerry springer show!