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Spiro (name)

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Spiro is a surname with a variety of origins, as well as a given name among Greek-speaking populations, Albanians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and the Christians of Lebanon.

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Origins

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

Špiro is also a male Montenegrin name.

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.

Surname

People with the surname Spiro include:

  • Alyson Spiro, British actress
  • Ellen Spiro (b. 1964), American documentary filmmaker
  • Eugene Spiro (1874–1972), German and American painter
  • György Spiró (b. 1946), Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist
  • Harold Spiro (1925–1996), English songwriter
  • Herbert Spiro (1924–2010), German-born American political scientist
  • Jordana Spiro (b. 1977), American actress
  • Lev L. Spiro, American film and television director
  • Karl Spiro (1867–1932), German biologist and physical chemist
  • Mark Spiro, American songwriter, musician, and record producer
  • Melford Spiro (b. 1920), American cultural anthropologist
  • Peter Spiro, American legal scholar
  • Samantha Spiro (b. 1968), British actor
  • Samuel Spiro (?-1814), Greek-born Argentine naval captain
  • ARA Spiro (P-43), the corvette of the Argentine Navy named after Samuel Spiro
  • Stephen Spiro (1939–2007), American political activist
  • Spiro

    People with the given name Spiro include:

  • Spiro Agnew (1918–1996), thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States
  • Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
  • Spyros Kastanas, Cypriot footballer
  • Spyros Kyprianou (1932–2002), former President of Cyprus
  • Spiros Latsis, Greek businessman
  • Spiros Livathinos (b. 1955), Greek football player, coach, and current head scout
  • Spyridon Louis (1873–1940), Greek gold medallist of the first modern Olympic Marathon
  • Spiros Louis Stadium, the Athens Olympic Stadium named after Louis
  • Spiros/Spyros

  • Spiros Marangos, Greek footballer
  • Spiros Markezinis (1909–2000), Greek politician
  • Spyros Moustakas, Greek writer
  • Spyros Paliouras, Greek writer
  • Spyros B. Pavlides, Greek geologist
  • Spyros Samaras (1861–1917), Greek composer of the Olympic Anthem
  • Paul Spyros Sarbanes (b. 1933), former US Senator representing Maryland
  • Spyros Skouras (1893–1971), Greek-American chairman of Twentieth Century Fox from 1942 to 1962
  • Spyros Spyromilios, Greek Gendarmerie officer
  • Spyros Vallas (b. 1981), Greek football player
  • Spiros Velentzas, American Greek Mob Boss
  • Spiros Vondas, fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire
  • Spyros Vrettos, Greek poet
  • Spiros Zodhiates, Greek-American author
  • References

    Spiro (name) Wikipedia