Postle Family History

English (Norfolk): nickname from Middle English apostel postel ‘apostle’ (Old English (a)postol Old French apostoile apostel via Latin from Greek apostolos ‘messenger delegate’ from apostellein ‘to dispatch’).

As a nickname, this may have been used for someone who had played the part of one of the twelve apostles in a play or pageant. However, the word was also used as a personal name in Anglo-Norman French.

Compare Postlethwait. Americanized form of German and French Postel.