The postel Surname
postel Name Meaning and History
- German (Bavaria, Austria): habitational name from any of various place names of Slavic origin, for example Postelitz and Postlow.
- German: nickname from Middle High German possolt ‘handicraft’.
- German: from a Slavic pet form of Sebastian.
- German: from Apostel ‘apostle’, a nickname for someone who played the part of an apostle in a medieval mystery play. Compare Postle.
- Dutch: habitational name from Postel in Antwerp province, Bavaria.
- Jewish (from Ukraine): metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker, from Yiddish postele ‘leather shoe’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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