Span

• As a Slovene surname, from župan (“head of a district”), from župa (“district”); compare Zupan.
• As a German surname, variant of Spahn; also Spann.
• As a Jewish surname from Span (“chip”) (probably through Yiddish).

Span (plural Spans)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Span”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

From Middle High German spān, from Old High German spān (“chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu (“chip, shaving”). Cognate with Old English spōn (“piece of wood, chip”). More at spoon.

• IPA^(key): /ʃpaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Span m (strong, genitive Spanes or Spans, plural Späne)

1. chip; shaving; clipping (small, usually flat, cut-off piece)

• Holzspan
• Metallspan
• wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne

• “Span” in Duden online
• “Span” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache