Apostol Family History

American shortened form of Greek patronymics derived from the personal name Apostolos (see Apostolos). Romanian, Hungarian, and Albanian: from the old personal name Apostol, an equivalent of Greek Apostolos (see Apostolos).

In North America, this surname is probably also an altered form of the more common Albanian variant Apostoli, based on the definite form of the personal name.

Spanish (Apóstol): nickname for a pious or serious man or an actor representing the role of an apostle in medieval theater from Greek apostolos ‘apostle’ (see Apostolos).