Family name origins & meanings
- Shortened form of Greek Apostolos.
- Spanish (Apóstol) and French : nickname for a pious or serious man, from Greek apostolos ‘apostle’ (Old French apostol, French apôtre; the Old French word was also used to denote the Pope). See also Apostle.
- Hungarian : from the old ecclesiastical personal name Apostol, a vernacular form of Apostolos.