Spahić
Surname list
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Spahić (IPA: [ˈspaxitɕ]) or Spahic/Spahich is a Bosnian surname. It is derived from the Turkish term sipahi (from Persian: سپاهی (sepāhī) with the meaning "soldier") for a cavalryman by adding the South Slavic surname forming suffix -ić.
Meaningdescendant of a sipahi/cavalryman
Region of originBosnia and Herzegovina
Variant formsSpahic, Spahich
People with the surname include:
- Aleksa Spahić (1899–1975), Croatian athlete
- Amir Spahić (born 1983), Bosnian footballer
- Amira Spahić (born 1983), Bosnian footballer
- Avdo Spahić (born 1997), Bosnian-German footballer
- Emir Spahić (born 1980), Bosnian former footballer
- Ibrahim Spahic (born 1952), Bosnian politician
- Jasmin Spahić (born 1980), Bosnian former footballer
- Ognjen Spahić (born 1977), Montenegrin novelist