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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name from Middle Low German pōl ‘(muddy) pool’ (Low German Pohl).
  • German : habitational name for someone from the island of Poel, near Wismar.
  • German : Variant of Paul.
  • German : ethnic name for a Polish speaker or someone with some other connection with Poland, from German Pole, Dutch Pool ‘Pole’.

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