About the Spira Surname

If your family name is Spira, its origin lies with Spero, a long-established German surname. The name is generally explained as “One who came from Spira, now spelled Speyer, in Bavaria”.

Heraldry and the Spira name

Looking for a Spira coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Spero was also written Spira. Related forms: Spera.

1,034 Americans were listed as Spira in the 2010 census. French birth records list 138 children named Spira between 1891 and 2000. There were 5 such births in the 1890s and 11 in the 1990s. Want more than a summary? See the Spira family name pack.