Last 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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