Spiro (name)
Spiro is a given name among Greek-speaking populations, Albanians, and the Christians of Lebanon. It also is a surname with a variety of origins.
As a name
As a Greek name, Spiro may also be spelled Spyro. It comes from the Greek Spiros/Spyros/Speros, a shortened form of the archaic-sounding Spyridon, which means "basket used to carry seeds" in ancient Greek. It has a nominative final "s" that is usually dropped when Anglicised. Spiros/Spyros is a male given name fairly common in Greek-speaking population as well as among the Christians of Lebanon where it is a common first and last name. The Greek diminutives for Spirydon are Pipis and Pipeto.Špiro is also a masculine given name in Croatia and Montenegro.
Spiro
People with the given name Spiro include:- Spiro Agnew, thirty-ninth vice president of the United States
- Spiro Cheriogotis, American politician from Alabama
- Spiro Debarski, Bulgarian footballer
- Spiro Malakellis, Australian rules footballer of Greek descent
- Spiro Malas, Greek-American actor
- Spiro Moisiu, Albanian general
Spiros/Spyros
People with the given name Spiros include:- Spyridon Louis, Greek gold medallist of the first modern Olympic Marathon
- *Spiros Louis Stadium, the Athens Olympic Stadium named after Louis
- Spiros Marangos, Greek footballer
- Spiros Markezinis, Greek politician
- Spyros Moustakas, Greek writer
- Spyros Paliouras, Greek writer
- Spyros B. Pavlides, Greek geologist
- Spyros Samaras, Greek composer of the Olympic Anthem
- Spyros Skouras, Greek-American chairman of Twentieth Century Fox from 1942 to 1962
- Spyros Spyromilios, Greek Gendarmerie officer
- Spyros Vallas, Greek football player
- Spiros Velentzas, American Greek Mob Boss
- Spyros Vrettos, Greek poet
- Spiros Zodhiates, Greek-American author
- Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
- Spyros Kastanas, Cypriot footballer
- Spyros Koulkoudinas, Greek politician
- Spyros Kyriakis, Greek politician
- Spyros Kyprianou, former President of Cyprus
- Spiros Latsis, Greek businessman
- Spiros Livathinos, Greek football player, coach, and current head scout
Fictional
- Spiros Vondas, fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire''
As a middle name
People with the names Spiro/Spiros/Spyros as a middle name include:- George Spiro Dibie, American cinematographer
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes, former US Senator representing Maryland
As a surname
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.People/objects/concepts with the surname Spiro include:
- Alyson Spiro, British actress
- Betty Spiro, birth name of Betty Miller, Irish author
- Bjørn Spiro, Danish film actor
- Ellen Spiro, American documentary filmmaker
- Eugene Spiro, German and American painter
- Gideon Spiro, Israeli journalist and activist
- György Spiró, Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist
- Harold Spiro, English songwriter
- Herbert Spiro, German-born American political scientist
- Jordana Spiro, American actress
- Joseph Moses Spiro, Austrian rabbi
- Lev L. Spiro, American film and television director
- Karl Spiro, German biologist and physical chemist
- Mark Spiro, American songwriter, musician, and record producer
- Melford Spiro, American cultural anthropologist
- Michel Spiro, French physicist
- Peter J. Spiro, American legal scholar
- Samantha Spiro, British actor
- Samuel Spiro, Greek-born Argentine naval captain
- *ARA Spiro (P-43), the corvette of the Argentine Navy named after Samuel Spiro
- Sienna Spiro, English singer-songwriter
- Stephen Spiro, American political activist