Spehar Family History
Spehar Name Meaning
Croatian and Slovenian (Špehar): occupational name derived from Middle High German spehaere (from spehen ‘to peer at’) denoting a spy or reconnoiterer operating in the former Military Frontier a borderland between the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Slovenian (Špehar): occupational name for a seller of bacon or a nickname for a dirty fellow derived from špeh ‘bacon’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022