Spahić
Sign in to saveSpahić () 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.
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Spahić () 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.
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spahić” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.