A German, Anglo-Saxon and Jewish surname, meaning "knight" in German or "lively person" in Anglo-Saxon. (Szprynger in Polish and Špringer in Slavic languages).

Amazingly to some people, there are other Springers in the world than Jerry (Unfortunatly there aren't that many interesting ones, so I added a few of my own):

Aaron Springer - Animator and occasional director of animated programming.

Chairman Springer - First leader of the Peoples Republic of Springer.

Julius Springer - German Founder of what became Springer Publishing.

Mark Springer - British composer and actor.

Mike Springer - American professional golfer.

Primordial Springer - Ancestor found amongst the primordial soup, having developed into a human before the rest of the soup reached land.

Robert Springer - Astronaut who went to Mars. Okay fine just normal space.

Springy Springer - The ideal Springer, not yet discovered.

T.A. Springer - Dutch mathematician responsible for something really interesting called Springer correspondence.

Yakov Springer - Polish-Israeli weightlifter killed at Munich '72 :(


As you can see, Springer does not mean some slag who wants to be on TV because she shagged eight men in a week. It's also a dog, killer whale and some places in America.