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Updated June 9, 2019

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.

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