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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Shortened form of Greek Apostolos.
  2. 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.
  3. Hungarian: from the old ecclesiastical personal name Apostol, a vernacular form of Apostolos.