Given name
Spyros
“one who transports goods; a basket”
Spyros is a variant of Spiridon. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Spyros is a variant of Spiridon. One Greek interpretation is “one who transports goods; a basket.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Spyros 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 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Spyros 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
Spyros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 104 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 10 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 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 344 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Spyros’s family of names
Spyros has a related form in Spiridon. In English usage, Spyros has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σπύρος.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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