Stoll Family History
Stoll Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German Middle Low German stolle ‘prop support frame’ or ‘tunnel in a mine’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter or miner; or a nickname for a clumsy or coarse person. Jewish (from Belarus): metonymic occupational name for a smith from Yiddish dialect stol shtol ‘steel’. Jewish (American): shortened form of some original eastern Ashkenazic surname. English: nickname for someone who made wore or sold stoles from Middle English stole ‘stole’. Compare Stoller
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022