Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro,
Szapiro/
Szpiro (in
Polish) and Chapiro (in
French), is a Jewish
Ashkenazi surname.
Etymology
The surname is derived from the
medieval name of
Speyer,
Germany,[1][2] compare Spire, the French name for that city. Other name variants attributed to Speyer include Sapiro,
Spira, Spire, Spiro,
Spero,
Chapiro, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Sapir and Spear.[3] The
Jewish community of Speyer was one of three leading cities central to the development of
Ashkenazi culture, referred to as the ShUM-cities, an acronym based on the names of the cities. The family name Speyer (based on the modern German name for the same city) has also become a well-known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century.
This page lists people with the
surnameShapiro. If an
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Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro,
Szapiro/
Szpiro (in
Polish) and Chapiro (in
French), is a Jewish
Ashkenazi surname.
Etymology
The surname is derived from the
medieval name of
Speyer,
Germany,[1][2] compare Spire, the French name for that city. Other name variants attributed to Speyer include Sapiro,
Spira, Spire, Spiro,
Spero,
Chapiro, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Sapir and Spear.[3] The
Jewish community of Speyer was one of three leading cities central to the development of
Ashkenazi culture, referred to as the ShUM-cities, an acronym based on the names of the cities. The family name Speyer (based on the modern German name for the same city) has also become a well-known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century.
This page lists people with the
surnameShapiro. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.