Given name & surname
Spiros
“one who transports goods; a basket”
Spiros is a variant of Spiridon. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Spiros is a variant of Spiridon. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Spiros is a variant of Spiridon. An origin associated with Spiridon is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Spiros 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
Spiros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 640
- 640 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
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. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 808 as a first name in 2020; 245 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.
Spiros’s family of names
Spiros has a related form in Spiridon.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Spiros
- Spyridon LouisGreek athlete1873–1940
- Spyros Kyprianou2nd President of the Republic of Cyprus (1977-1988)1932–2002
- Spiros FocásGreek actor1937–2023
- Spyros MarangosGreek footballerborn 1967
- Spyros LivathinosGreek footballer (1955-)
- Spyros SkourasAmerican film executive (1893-1971)
- Spiros AntoniouGreek musicianborn 1973
- Spiros LatsisGreek businessmanborn 1946
- Spyros SpyromiliosGreek colonel (1864-1930)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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