Spera Family Crest & Name History

Ask a genealogist about Spera and the first name they will mention is Spero. At root, the name means “Someone who came from Spira, now spelled Speyer, in Bavaria”. Records show Spera as one of the forms Spero took over time. Other spellings include Spira.

1,534 Americans were listed as Spera in the 2010 census. INSEE counts 156 people born in France with the Spera surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1961–1970. Spera sounds close to Soper, Spray and Speer, so it can help to search both.

Arms linked to Spero and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Spera family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.