Home › Words › S › sparrowsparrow/ˈspæɹəʊ/sparrow means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sparrow ranks #2,556 of 42,785 for Qualifying.sparrow is pronounced /ˈspæɹəʊ/.EtymologyFrom Middle English Sparow.nameA surname.nounThe house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.e.g.“Man progresses generally, not both legs at once like a sparrow, but by putting one leg forward first, and then the other.” — 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 192:A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.Generically, any small, nondescript bird.A quick-witted, lively person.e.g.“cockney sparrow”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).