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Spring doesn't sound attractive to me. I especially dislike the 'ing' sound which is worse to me than the 'umn' of Autumn. LOL, maybe I'm weird. Then again, I don't mind Winter or Summer at all.

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Re: combos, I'd say anything with three syllables. Something classic to balance the combo.

I really like Spring a lot. It helps that I knew a lovely Spring, who would in her 50s now, and I was familiar with Spring Byington before I even met her, so her name, though unusual, never seemed that weird to me. I imagine it wouldn't always be the easiest name to live with because of the teasing potential you mentioned, but I don't think it's unusable because of it, either.

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Spring might be best paired with a strong, classic name, like Spring Alexandra or Spring Lydia. Just avoid any other obvious word names, especially those involving plants or weather--no Spring Violet or Spring Raine, for example.

I love it in theory but in reality I only like it as a mn but I wouldn't like it as my own fn so I wouldn't inflict it on a child.

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My stock combo is Susannah Spring. I would actually use that in real life. As a mn, it becomes a conversation piece. As a fn, it is a bit comical and you have all that teasing potential.

I think Spring is a little too wordy for a first name. Maybe as a middle name it would work. I just can't imagine that name growing with age. Sure Spring would probably look cute on a four year old, but on a teenager? On an adult? Being a teenager myself, I would say I would hate to be named Spring. The other seasons work better for names because they aren't so awkward sounding or wordy. Spring is just too wordy. If I met a girl named Spring I would thing of all of the things she could be named after, the season, the spring in my pencil, spring like deer park only uses natural spring water. I would recommend Cerelia which is a Latin name that means "relating to springtime", which was on my list for a while. Or maybe May or April or June. Also, nature name like Aurora or Rose or Briar or Violet or Sage; which sound very fresh and springy to me. I think those are good spring-like alternatives.

I think Spring can be usable as a middle name, but I don't really like the sound of it as a first name. I prefer Haruko as a first name (haru = spring).

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If I used Spring, I'd use it as a mn paired with a fn that reminded me of spring or had a spring-like feel to it.
Some random ideas: (I keep wanting to use things with "Bree" in them, because Bree sounds like spring IMO...)
Brenna Spring
Amelie Spring
Amalia Spring
Briana Spring
Olwen Spring
Tamsin Spring
Tansy Spring
Tegan Spring
Bridget Spring
Brigitta Spring
Aubrey Spring
Elowen Spring
Breena Spring
Briallen Spring
Winifred Spring
Adelaide Spring
Georgia Spring
Bronwen Spring
Amina Spring
Brienna Spring

It's usable, but I wouldn't.
Pretend you're thirteen again and your name is Spring. Introduce yourself to your peers. Like it?
Now pretend you're eighteen and your name is Spring. Introduce yourself to your peers. Like it?
Yes, when people figure out your name is Spring, some will say 'oh nice name I luv it!'. A few of them will mean it, but would they want to bear the name, is my question. Is that really a name you'd pick as your own?
Now pretend you're twenty-nine ...
Forty ... somewhere along the line I think it became a tad silly.

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YMMV but I'd have wanted to change it at 18, myself, or gone by my middle name. I see the appeal of it and I know it's possible to get used to - at least, no less than other unusual word names. But I just don't think it is namey enough that it would ever stop being a little bit humiliating, partly because it is too spunky. The pouncing/bouncing/freshness is overkill. Spunky is for young girls, IMO - the name Spring expects its bearer to be cute and perky and pink, more than I can like. Spring doesn't have enough else going for it to compensate for both the word-y-ness and the spunk. I'd rather be April, May, Chloe ... but not Spring. It has too many word meanings, none of which are poetic. It's not just metal parts and boing sounds. It's water bubbling up from the ground, getting out of jail, buying something expensive... it lends itself to imagery quite a lot. Nms.

It has been done, but not often, and I think there's probably a good reason why Spring of all the seasons hasn't seen much use. It doesn't even have an attractive sound. If you have to use it at all I'd recommend using it only as a middle name. Or using for a first name names that relate to Spring, like April, May, Robin, Rose, Dawn, etc.