Last name origin & meaning: Greek: from apostolos ‘apostle’, which was used as a
personal name, or a reduced form of patronymics from this name, such
as Apostolakis, Apostolidis, Apostoliadis, and
Apostolatos. The term apostolos was adopted by early
Christians in honor of Christ’s twelve apostles and as a symbol of
their own commitment to spreading the Christian message. The original
meaning of the Greek word apostolos is ‘messenger’, ‘one sent
with a message’, from apostellein ‘to send’. The word was used
in the Septuagint as a translation of Hebrew saleh ‘messenger’,
‘apostle’.
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