Spoelstra
Spoelstra is a surname, probably a topographic name meaning ‘from the pool’ (Frisian), from an agent noun based on Middle Low German pōl ‘(muddy) pool’, with excrescent initial -s.
The suffix "-stra" is derived from old Germanic -sater, meaning sitter or dweller. Notable people with the surname include:
- Art Spoelstra (1932–2008), American basketball player
- Erik Spoelstra (born 1970), American basketball coach and former player
- Jon Spoelstra (born 1946), American basketball executive
- Mark Spoelstra (1940–2007), American singer-songwriter and folk and blues guitarist
- Watson Spoelstra (1910–1999), American sportswriter
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