Spike
English word name
"a very large nail"Share
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Spike Origin and Meaning
The name Spike is a boy's name of American origin meaning "a very large nail".
Spike is part mid-century nickname-name, ala Buster or Buck, and part word name, with an all-over cool creative dude feel thanks to directors Spike Lee and Spike Jonze. Mike Myers named his son Spike. That's right: Spike and Mike. Spike qualifies as one of the distinctly American names.
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Famous People Named Spike
- Terence Alan "Spike" MilliganBritish comedian
- Shelton Jackson "Spike" LeeAmerican director
- Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel)American film director
- Lindley Armstrong "Spike" JonesAmerican bandleader and musician
- Evangelos Spiros "Spike" MendelsohnAmerican chef and restaurateur
- Henry Berthold "Spike" RobinsonAmerican saxophonist
- Charles Forrest "Spike" SpencerAmerican voice actor
- Spike SlawsonAmerican punk singer
- Mark "Spike" StentEnglish music producer
- Michael Donovan "Spike" FerestenAmerican TV host
- Spike Alan Myers (b. 2011)son of actor Mike Myers
- Spike Bowman Smithson of Edith Bowman & Tom Smith
Spike in Pop Culture
- Spike (born William Pratt)character on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
- Spikea baby dragon on "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"
- Spike Laverycharacter on American soap "All My Children"
- Spike Milliganex,burglar, friend to Jimmy Pitt, in P. G. Wodehouse's "A Gentleman of Leisure" (1910)
- Spike Spiegelmain character from anime series "Cowboy Bebop"
- Spike Freemancharacter on Australian TV series "Snobs"
- SpikeRhynoc boss from game "Spyro the Dragon"
- Spike Scarlatticharacter on TV series "Flashpoint"
- SpikeSnoopy's older brother in "Peanuts"
- Spikea stegosaurus in "The Land Before Time" franchise
- Spike and SuzyBritish name for a Belgian comic
- Spikea word for a sharp point