Spiegel (surname)

Spiegel is a surname of German origin. In German language Spiegel means mirror.

Spiegel is an ancient German Christian surname. Family tradition says it was taken from a town or lake named Spiegel. There is a small community south of Munich named Spiegel. The name Spiegel goes back to at least the 12th century, when the Spiegel family were barons of Desenburg and Peckelsheim in Hessen; one noted person was Heinrich III Spiegel zum Desenberg (1361-80), Bishop of Paderborn.

There are also a significant number of Jewish people with the surname, and it is said that this name originated from house sign in the Frankfurt am Main ("Judengasse") picturing a mirror.Fact|date=March 2007 The form "Spiegel" is documented in Frankfurt am Main since the 16th century. Variants are "Szpiegel, Schpiegel, Shpi(e)gel, Şpighel", etc.

People with the surname Spiegel

* Adam Spiegel aka Spike Jonze (born 1964), an American film directory
* Friedrich (von) Spiegel (1820-1905), an orientalist at the University of Erlangen
* Giora Spiegel (born 1947), a Jewish-Israeli footballer and manager
* Laurie Spiegel (born 1945), an American composer
* Paul Spiegel (1937-2006), leader of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland
* Sam Spiegel (1901-1985), a Polish-born film producer
* Sam Spiegel (musician), American producer/DJ and brother of Spike Jonze

Fictional

* Spike Spiegel, a character in "Cowboy Bebop"

ee also

* Fritz Spiegl (1926-2003), Austrian-born musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector
* Spiegle
* Spiegler
* Spiegelmann