Spiers Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Some records give Spears; others give Spiers. Both point to the same Scottish family name. Read literally, Spiers points to “Spearman”. Records show Spiers as one of the forms Spears took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Speirs and Spear.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Spiers surname had 2,989 bearers. Between 1891 and 2000, 107 babies born in France were registered as Spiers, with the most births in 1991–2000.

Arms linked to Spears and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Spiers surname pack.