Last name SHAPIRO: origin and meaning

Publish date: 2024-04-16

Shapiro : Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from the Yiddish name of the German city of Speyer (see Speyer). Compare Sapiro and Spiro.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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