Apostolos
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Greek, 'apostle'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/apəstɒlɒs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Apostolos is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Greece than in any other country.
- GRGreece≈1 in 3K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 59K
- USUnited States1 in 583K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Apostolos itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Greece (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 157 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,500 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Αποστολος in GR Greece.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Greek, 'apostle'
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Apostolos counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR Greece | #279 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 330 | Αποστολος | 157 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Apostolos | 90 |
| US United States | — | 571 | 1 in 583K | 571 | Apostolos | 154 |
| CY Cyprus | #868 | 559as Αποστολος | 1 in 2.3K | 559 | Apostolos | 40 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 212K | — | Apostolos | 11 |
| SE Sweden | — | 176 | 1 in 58K | 176 | Apostolos | 22 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 88K | — | Apostolos | 16 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Apostolos is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Greek; apostles
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In English, A male given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, accusative plural of apostolus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Apostolos Doxiadisb. 1873GRGreek politician (1873-1942)
- Apostolos Vacalopoulosb. 1909GRGreek historian (1909–2000)
- Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadisb. 1913GRGreek architect (1913–1975)
- Apostolos Kaklamanisb. 1936GRGreek politician
- Apostolos Doxiadisb. 1953GRGreek writer
- Apostolos Serletisb. 1954CAGreek / Canadian Economist
- Apostolos Giannoub. 1990GRGreek-Australian footballer
- Apostolos Velliosb. 1992GRGreek footballer
- Apostolos Angelisb. 1993GRGreek cross-country skier and biathlete
- Apostolos Christoub. 1996GRGreek swimmer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 265 | #73,215 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 244 | #83,139 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 244 | #73,931 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Apostolos mean, and where does it come from?
- Greek, 'apostle' Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- What are other forms of the name Apostolos?
- In the etymology graph, Apostolis is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Apostolos?
- A machine transcription gives /apəstɒlɒs/ (IPA) for Greek.
- In which country does Apostolos have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Apostolos in Greece, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled αποστολος.
- Is Apostolos a male or female name?
- Apostolos is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Apostolos?
- In the United States, the national register counted 571 people named Apostolos in 2020, about 1 in 583 thousand residents.
- How common is Apostolos compared with other names?
- In Greece, Apostolos is the 279th most common given name of 24,546 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/apostolosThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Apostolos” — the 279th most common given name in Greece. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.