Given name & surname
Apfel
Apfel is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in German.
Original GermanAppel
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Apfel comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *apluz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Apfel’s family of names
In German usage, Apfel as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Apple. In German usage, Apfel as a surname has a related form in Aepfler. In German usage, Apfel as a surname has a related form in Aepflert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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