Topol (surname)
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 *topolь). Related surnames include Topiol, Topolansky, 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
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Special consultant for Jewish Names: David L. Gold. Oxford University Press. p. 537. ISBN 0-19-211592-8 – via Internet Archive.
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