Speyer

English

Alternative forms

• Spires (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Speyer.

Proper noun

Speyer (countable and uncountable, plural Speyers)

1. An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
2. A habitational surname from German.

Related terms

• Shapiro

Translations

a city in Germany

• German: Speyer (de) n

  Rhine Franconian: Schbaija (Palatine)

• Italian: Spira f
• Latin: Spira f, Augusta Nemetum f
• Polish: Spira (pl) f
• Russian: Шпайер (ru) m (Špajer)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Speyer is the 37691^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 590 individuals. Speyer is most common among White (94.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Speyer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Peerys, pyrees

German

Etymology

From Old High German Spīra, from Proto-Germanic *spīrǭ (“peak, summit”). Replaced the Latin name Noviomagus, which is of Celtic origin (Proto-Celtic *nowyos (“new”) + *magos (“field”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpaɪ̯ɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Spey‧er

Proper noun

Speyer n (proper noun, genitive Speyers or (optionally with an article) Speyer)

1. Speyer (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Proper noun

Speyer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Speyers or (with an article) Speyer, feminine genitive Speyer, plural Speyers or Speyer)

1. a surname transferred from the place name