Spier

Spier (plural Spiers)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Spier is the 16939^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1679 individuals. Spier is most common among White (95.18%) individuals.

• 'spire, Peris, Piers, Pires, Speir, peris, piers, pries, prise, resip, ripes, spire

First attested as in spehoerne in 1212. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch spieden (“spy, observe”) and horn (“corner”). The toponym might thus refer to a lookout point.

• IPA^(key): /spir/, [spiːr]

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• Hyphenation: Spier
• Rhymes: -ir
• Homophone: spier

Spier n

1. a village in Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN