What made Czar Nicholas II a weak ruler? I have a couple more questions if you could answer them that would be great. What were some characteristics of Czar Nicholas? Why was Nicholas II overthrown? Was he the cause of the Russian Revolution?
Spratt derives either from the Old English sprit meaning a  slender person or from esprit meaning an elf. Like many Anglo-Saxon names it originated as a nickname before becoming a surname in the modern sense. The earliest records of the name come from the English counties of Dorset, Somerset and Essex.
Bastian /bas-t-ian/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Bastian is from Sebastia.astian is an unusual given name for men but a very prominent surname for all people (#4986 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. Census).