Postle Family History
Postle Name Meaning
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 .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022