Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro in
Polish and Chapiro in
French (more at
"See also"), is a
Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Etymology
The surname is derived from Spira, the
medieval name of
Speyer in
Germany;[1][2][3] compare with Spire, the French name for that city. Other name variants based on the city name "Spira" include
Spira, Spire, Spiro, Spear, Szpir, Szpiro,
Spero, Sapir, Sapiro,
Chapiro and Sprai.[4] 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 of Speyer/Spira,
Worms and
Mainz. 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.
^City of Speyer, ed. (1982). Geschichte der Stadt Speyer [History of the City of Speyer] (in German). Vol. 1. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. pp. 118–144.
ISBN3-17-007522-5.
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.
Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro in
Polish and Chapiro in
French (more at
"See also"), is a
Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Etymology
The surname is derived from Spira, the
medieval name of
Speyer in
Germany;[1][2][3] compare with Spire, the French name for that city. Other name variants based on the city name "Spira" include
Spira, Spire, Spiro, Spear, Szpir, Szpiro,
Spero, Sapir, Sapiro,
Chapiro and Sprai.[4] 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 of Speyer/Spira,
Worms and
Mainz. 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.
^City of Speyer, ed. (1982). Geschichte der Stadt Speyer [History of the City of Speyer] (in German). Vol. 1. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. pp. 118–144.
ISBN3-17-007522-5.
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.