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”’Topol”’ is a surname. Common in Central (Czech Republic, Poland) and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, and Russia), it originated as a [[Toponymy|place-related]] name for “someone who lived by a [[poplar tree]]”.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite book|last=Hanks|first=Patrick|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsurn00patr/page/536/|title=A Dictionary of Surnames|last2=Hodges|first2=Flavia|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Special consultant for Jewish Names: David L. Gold|year=1988<!–1991 reprint–>|isbn=0-19-211592-8|location=|pages=537|url-access=registration<!–1 hr or 14 day borrow as of 29 Sep 2020–>|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> It is also found among [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazic Jewish people]] speaking [[Eastern Yiddish]] and likewise refers to the poplar tree,<ref name=”:0″ /> having been borrowed from a Slavic language (Proto-Slavic ”[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/topolÑŒ|*topolÑŒ]]”). Related surnames include [[Topiol]], |
”’Topol”’ is a surname. Common in Central (Czech Republic, Poland) and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, and Russia), it originated as a [[Toponymy|place-related]] name for “someone who lived by a [[poplar tree]]”.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite book|last=Hanks|first=Patrick|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsurn00patr/page/536/|title=A Dictionary of Surnames|last2=Hodges|first2=Flavia|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Special consultant for Jewish Names: David L. Gold|year=1988<!–1991 reprint–>|isbn=0-19-211592-8|location=|pages=537|url-access=registration<!–1 hr or 14 day borrow as of 29 Sep 2020–>|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> It is also found among [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazic Jewish people]] speaking [[Eastern Yiddish]] and likewise refers to the poplar tree,<ref name=”:0″ /> having been borrowed from a Slavic language (Proto-Slavic ”[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/topolÑŒ|*topolÑŒ]]”). Related surnames include [[Topiol]], Topolansky, [[Topoliansky]], [[Topolski]] (common in Poland), and [[Topolsky]]. |
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 23 September 2025
Topol is a surname. Common in Central (Czech Republic, Poland) and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, and Russia), it originated as a place-related name for “someone who lived by a poplar tree“.[1] It is also found among Ashkenazic Jewish people speaking Eastern Yiddish and likewise refers to the poplar tree,[1] having been borrowed from a Slavic language (Proto-Slavic *topolÑŒ). Related surnames include Topiol, Topolansky [d], Topoliansky, Topolski (common in Poland), and Topolsky.
Notable people who share this surname include:
- Brad Topol (born c. 1971), American computer scientist
- Chaim Topol (1935–2023), Israeli actor, often billed mononymously as Topol
- Edward Topol (born 1938), Russian writer
- Eric Topol (born 1954), American cardiologist
- Filip Topol (1965–2013), Czech singer and songwriter
- Jáchym Topol (born 1962), Czech poet
- Josef Topol (1935–2015), Czech playwright
- Sergei Topol (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player
- Sidney Topol (1924–2022), American innovator and entrepreneur
