Speke

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, variant of Speak, itself a variant of Speake, all related to the placename below.
• The placename is either from Old English spec (“brushwood”) or the obsolete noun speight (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Homophone: speak

Proper noun

Speke

1. A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4383).
2. A surname.

Derived terms

• Speke's antelope
• Speke's gazelle

Related terms

• Brampford Speke

Anagrams

• Ekpes, Keeps, Pekes, Pesek, keeps, peeks, pekes