Given name & surname
Spiro
“one who transports goods; a basket”
Spiro is a variant of Spiridon. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Spiro is a variant of Spiridon. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Spiro is a variant of Spiridon. An origin associated with Spiridon is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Spiro developed from Σπυρίδων.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Spiro is a variant of Spiridon. The history of Spiridon gives this family its wider story. Spiridon’s historical associations include a 4th-century saint much venerated in the Eastern Church.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Spiro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,011
- 1,011 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,154 as a first name in 2020; 1,493 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Spiro’s family of names
Spiro developed from the Ancient Greek form Σπυρίδων. Spiro has a related form in Spiridon. In English usage, Spiro as a surname has a related form in SHAPIRO.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Spiro has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Spiro
- Spiro Agnewvice president of the United States from 1969 to 19731918–1996
- Spiro KolekaAlbanian civil engineer, army official and communist politician (1908-2001)
- Spiro DebarskiBulgarian footballer1933–2026
- Spiro KostofAmerican architectural historian (1936-1991)
- Špiro GuberinaCroatian actor (1933-2020)
- Spiro DineAlbanian writer1844–1922
- Spiro MoisiuAlbanian resistance leader and general (1900-1981)
- Spiro BellkameniAlbanian military commander and activist (1885–1912)
- Spiro KseraAlbanian politicianborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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