As an English surname, spelling variant of Speyer, Spier; also related to the noun sparling (“kind of smelt”), through Middle Low German spiring.
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metonymic occupational name for a fisherman from Middle Low German spiring denoting a small salt-water fish: in some instances the surname may have arisen as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish.
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German:: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Spier or from Speyer (see Spier ). metonymic occupational name for a fisherman from ...