First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by Marcia Layton Turner. Buy this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.
Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.
Last name origin & meaning:
Greek: patronymic from the personal name Antonios (see Anthony) + the patronymic ending -poulos. This ending occurs chiefly in the Peloponnese. It is derived from Latin pullus ‘nestling’, ‘chick’.