Spira (name)

Spira is a surname with a variety of origins. In Germany, the surname Spira is a form of Speyer, the name of a town in the Rhineland.
The surname found particular historical significance among the Jewish communities of Central and Eastern Europe, with many notable Rabbis claiming this name. The Spira family directly descends from 11th century rabbi Rashi, and therefore is in the Davidic line. Additionally, the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hassidic Judaism, is said to have claimed that the Spira family is one of three pure lineages of among the Jewish nation, the others being the Horowitz family and the Rappaport family.
Other forms of the name include Spiro, Shapira, and Shapiro.
Notable people with this name include:

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