Given name & surname
Apostolos
“an apostle; a messenger of God”
Apostolos is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “an apostle; a messenger of God.”
Original GreekΑπόστολος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “an apostle; a messenger of God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Apostolos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 237
- 237 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 571 as a first name in 2020; 244 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Apostolos’s family of names
Apostolos has a related form in Apostoleo. Apostolos has a related form in Apostoleos. Apostolos has a related form in Apostolio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΑπόστολοςGreek
- Apostolisequivalent
- Tolisequivalent
- Τόληςequivalent
- Άκηςequivalent
- Λάκηςequivalent
- Lakisequivalent
- Akisequivalent
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People named Apostolos
- Apostolos VelliosGreek footballerborn 1992
- Apostolos ChristouGreek swimmerborn 1996
- Apostolos GiannouGreek-Australian footballerborn 1990
- Apostolos TzitzikostasGreek politicianborn 1978
- Apostolos DoxiadisGreek writerborn 1953
- Apostol ArsacheMinister of Foreign Affairs and acting Prime Minister (1789-1874)
- Apostolos NikolaidisGreek footballer (1896-1980)
- Apostolos ParellisCypriot discus throwerborn 1985
- Apostolos KaklamanisGreek politicianborn 1936
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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