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SPEIRS Family History

Of both Olde English pre 7th century and later Anglo-Saxon pre 9th Century origins, this very interesting surname is today found equally in England and Germany. It is in its many forms, see below, either job descriptive for a Spearman or possibly a maker of spears, or it is a descriptive nickname for a tall, thin person, one who resembled a spear! The original English spelling was 'spere', and the various modern surnames include Spear, Speare, Speer, Speir, Spier and all their plural spellings, such as Spears, Speares, Spearman and Speerman etc, indicating a patronymic 'son of Spere'.