Spier

spier English Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Spier is the 16939th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1679 individuals. Spier is most common among White (95.18%) individuals. Anagrams en eiprs 'spire Peris Piers Pires Speir peris piers pries prise resip ripes spire Dutch Etymology First attested as in spehoerne in 1212. Potentially a compound of dum spieden spy, observe and nl horn corner. The toponym might thus refer to a lookout point. Pronunciation nl /spir/ [spiːr] nl Nl-spier.ogg nl Spier nl ir 1 nl spier Proper noun n nl village mun/Midden-Drenthe p/Drenthe c/Netherlands References Luxembourgish Etymology From lb gmh spur, gmh spor (usually n, also rarely m and f), from lb goh spor, goh *spur, from lb gem-pro *spurą n. Compare de Spur. Noun f track, trace Further reading