Postel Family History
Postel Name Meaning
German: from a pet form of the personal name Sebastian . German: habitational name from Postel in Silesia. German: from Apostel ‘apostle’ a nickname for someone who played the part of an apostle in a medieval mystery play. French (northern): from Old French postel ‘piece of wood erected vertically used as a support’. Compare Postell and Postle . Jewish (from Ukraine): metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker from Yiddish postele ‘leather shoe’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022