The spier Surname
spier Name Meaning and History
- English: from an agent derivative of Middle English (e)spi(en) ‘to watch’, hence an occupational name for a lookout or watchman, or a nickname for a nosy person.
- Scottish: variant spelling of Spear.
- German: nickname for a small person, from Middle Low German spir ‘trifle’, ‘small piece’.
- German: habitational name from any of several places named Spier, notably the city in the Palatinate, now spelled Speyer (see Speyer, Spiering).
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Spiro.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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