Spiro (name)

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Spiro is a given name among Greek-speaking populations, Albanians, and the Christians of Lebanon. It also is a surname with a variety of origins.

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As a name

As a Greek name, Spiro may also be spelled Spyro. It comes from the GreekSpiros/Spyros/Speros (Greek : Σπύρος, Greek pronunciation: [ˈspiros] ), a shortened form of the archaic-sounding Spyridon (Greek : Σπυρίδων, Greek pronunciation: [spiˈriðon] ), which means "basket used to carry seeds" (from σπυρί, grain, seed) in ancient Greek. It has a nominative final "s" that is usually dropped when Anglicised. Spiros/Spyros is a male given name fairly common in Greek-speaking population (in Greece, especially in Corfu, whose patron saint is Saint Spyridon, in Cyprus and among the Greek diaspora) as well as among the Christians of Lebanon where it is a common first and last name. The Greek diminutives for Spirydon are Pipis (Πίπης) and Pipeto (Πιπέτο).

Špiro is also a masculine given name in Croatia and Montenegro.

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People with the given name Spiro include:

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People with the given name Spiros include:

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As a middle name

People with the names Spiro/Spiros/Spyros as a middle name include:

As a surname

In Germany, the surname Spiro originated as a corruption of Speyer, the name of a town in the Rhineland. It is one of a number of Jewish surnames that originated this way, along with the better-known Shapiro. [1]

People/objects/concepts with the surname Spiro include:

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