Spencer (given name)

For other uses, see Spencer.

Spencer

Gender	Male, female
Language(s)	English

Spencer is a given name of British origin.

Meaning

1. Given name transferred from the surname, in regular use since the nineteenth century.
2. Given name meaning 'Guardian' when in use as a given name in English nineteenth century courts.

List of persons with the given name

• Spencer Radtke (born 1995), Student at Lester Prairie High School
• Spencer Abraham (born 1952), American politician
• Spencer Abbott (baseball) (1877–1951), American baseball player
• Spencer Abbott (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
• Spencer Achtymichuk (born 1994), Canadian actor
• Spencer Ackerman, American journalist
• Spencer Adams (1898–1970), American baseball player
• Spencer Adkins (born 1987), American football player
• Spencer Albee (born 1976), American musician
• Spencer Allen (1893–1978), English cricketer
• Spencer Armstrong (born 1986), Canadian football player
• Spencer Asah (died 1954), American painter
• Spencer Bachus (born 1947), American politician
• Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887), American ornithologist
• Spencer Barrett (1914–2001), British scholar
• Spencer Bayles, British musician and former Guinness World Record holder
• Spencer Gordon Bennet (1893–1987), American director
• Spencer John Bent (1891–1977), British army officer
• Spencer Bloch (born 1944), American mathematician
• Spencer Bohren (born 1950), American musician
• Spencer Breslin (born 1992), American teen actor
• Spencer Brown (comedian), British comedian
• Spencer Brown (rugby player born 1921) (1921–1973), Australian rugby player
• Spencer Brown (rugby player born 1973) (born 1973), British rugby player
• Spencer Kellogg Brown (1842–1863), American spy
• Harcourt Butler (1869–1938), Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, British-born governor of India and Burma
• Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908), British politician
• Spencer Chamberlain (born 1983), American singer for Underoath
• Spencer Chan (1892–1988), Chinese-American actor
• Spencer Charrington (1818–1904), British politician
• Spencer Charters (1875–1943), American actor
• Spencer Christian (born 1947), American television personality
• Spencer Clark (racer) (1987–2006), American race car driver
• Spencer M. Clark (1811–1890), American National Currency Bureau Superintendent
• Spencer Treat Clark (born 1987), American actor
• Spencer Clark (musician) (1908–1998), American jazz musician
• Spencer Coggs (born 1949), American politician
• Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743), British politician
• Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601–1643), British politician
• Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton (1738–1796), British politician
• Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton (1790–1851), British nobleman
• Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (born 1946), British nobleman
• Spencer J. Condie (born 1940), American leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Spencer Houghton Cone (1785–1855), American child prodigy and Baptist chaplain
• Spencer Cowper (1670–1728), British politician
• Spencer Cozens (born 1965), English musician
• Spencer Crakanthorp (1885–1936), Australian chess player
• Spencer Daniels (born 1992), American actor
• Spencer Davey (born 1983), British rugby player
• Spencer Davis (born 1939), British musician
• Spencer de Grey (born 1944), British architect
• Spencer Dickinson (politician), American politician
• Spencer Dryden (1938–2005), American musician
• Spencer Eccles (born 1934), American philanthropist
• Spencer Elden (born 1991), American model and artist
• Spencer Evans (born 1973), Welsh soccer player
• Spencer Fearon (born 1962), British media personality
• Spencer Finch, American artist
• Spencer O. Fisher (1843–1919), American politician
• Spencer Fisher (born 1976), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Spencer Folau (born 1973), Tongan-born American football player
• Spencer Ford (born 1976), American lacrosse player
• Spencer Ford (American football), American college football coach
• Spencer Fox (born 1993), American actor
• Spencer Garrett (born 1963), American actor
• Spencer Gollan (1860–1934), New Zealand athlete
• Spencer Gore (artist) (1878–1914), British painter
• Spencer Gore (sportsman) (1850–1906), British athlete
• Spencer Grammer (born 1983), American actress
• Spencer Halpin, American independent filmmaker and creator of Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat
• Spencer Havner (born 1983), American football player
• Spencer Hawes (born 1988), American basketball player
• Spencer Haywood (born 1949), American basketball player
• Spencer Heath (1876–1963), American anarchist, engineer, attorney, inventor, manufacturer, poet, philosopher and social thinker
• Spencer Heath (baseball) (1893–1930), American baseball player
• Spencer Chandra Herbert (born 1981), Canadian politician
• Spencer Hochberg (born 1990), American unicyclist
• Spencer Edmund Hollond (1874–1950), British World War I army officer
• Spencer Holst (1926–2001), American writer
• Spencer Horsey de Horsey (1790–1860), British politician
• Spencer Howson (born 1972), British-born Australian radio personality
• Spencer Hughes, American political radio personality
• Spencer James (born 1953), British musician
• Spencer Jarnagin (1792–1853), American politician
• Spencer Johnson (writer) (born 1940), American author
• Spencer Johnson (American football) (born 1981), American football player
• Spencer Cone Jones (1836–1915), American politician
• Spencer P. Jones (born 1956), New Zealander musician
• Spencer V. Jones (born 1945), American leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Spencer Kayden (born 1971), American actress
• Spencer Kelly (born 1973), British television personality
• Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), American president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Spencer Matthews King (born 1917), Puerto Rican-born American Ambassador
• Spencer Kobren, American businessman, author and radio personality
• Spencer Krug (born 1977), Canadian singer, songwriter and keyboardist
• Spencer Locke (born 1991), American actress
• Spencer G. Lucas, American paleontologist
• Spencer G. Millard (1856–1895), American politician
• Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1850–1931), British botanist
• Spencer Nelson (born 1980), American Gaelic games champion
• Spencer J. Palmer (1927–2000), American chronicler of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Spencer Penrose (1865–1939), American philanthropist
• Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), British Prime Minister
• Spencer Perceval (junior) (1795–1859), British politician
• Spencer George Perceval (1838–1922), English geologist and antiquary
• Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802–1831), American politician
• Spencer Ponsonby-Fane (1824–1915), British cricketer and civil servant
• Spencer Pratt (born 1983), American actor and cast member of The Hills
• Spencer Prior (born 1971), English soccer player
• Spencer Pumpelly (born 1974), American race car driver
• Spencer Reid, character from Criminal Minds
• Spencer Rice (born 1967), Canadian writer, director, producer, and comedian
• Spencer Scott (born 1989), American model and Playboy Paymate
• Spencer Gene Settles (born 1953), American football player
• Spencer Smith (musician) (born 1987), American drummer for Panic! at the Disco
• Spencer Smith (triathlete), British triathlete
• Spencer Smith (Big Brother) (born 1979), British reality television star turned actor
• Spencer Tracy (1900–1967), American actor
• Spencer Tunick (born 1967), American photographer
• Spencer Verbiest (born 1984), Belgian soccer player
• Spencer Wadsworth (born 1986), American soccer player
• Spencer Horatio Walpole (1806–1898), British politician
• Spencer Weir-Daley (born 1985), British soccer player
• Spencer Wells (born 1969), American geneticist and anthropologist
• Spencer Williams (1889–1965), American jazz musician
• Spencer Williams (actor) (1893–1969), American actor
• Spencer Mortimer Williams (1922–2008), American federal judge

Fictional characters

• Spencer Carlin, character from South of Nowhere
• Spencer Gray, character from Hollyoaks
• Spencer Hastings, character from Pretty Little Liars
• Spencer Shay, character from iCarly
• Spencer Rosegunde Thomas, character from Gunsmoke
• Spencer Walsh, character from Good Luck Charlie