Vanderpol Family History

Dutch (Van der Pol): topographic name for someone who lived in a pol ‘area of higher ground in fenland’.

Alternatively, it can be a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word.

For example, De Pol is a location in Overijssel, Drenthe.

This name likely reflects the geographical features of the region where the individual or their ancestors lived.

Such names often signify the relationship between people and their environment in historical contexts.