Popple Family History
Popple Name Meaning
English (mainly East Midlands): habitational name from a lost minor placename Pophall in Linchmere Sussex or from Pophills in Salford Priors Warwickshire. Americanized form of German Pöppel (see Poppel ). English (mainly East Midlands): nickname from Middle English popel Anglo-Norman French popel popul ‘spoonbill’ (Platalea leucorodia). See Popper . Alternatively from either an unrecorded Middle English popel ‘little person’ synonymous with Middle English popet and popelot; or an unrecorded Middle English personal name Popel(e) Old English Popela a pet form of Old English Poppa. English (mainly East Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a poplar tree Middle English popel popul. English (mainly East Midlands): variant of Popplewell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022