Vorpahl

Vorpahl (from German: vor "before", "in front of" plus Pfahl "pole", "pale") is a Low German dwelling/habitational surname for a person who lived at a boundary marker (Grenzpfahl: "boundary post").[1][2][3] Notable people with the name include:

  • Chris Vorpahl (born 1990), retired Chilean female volleyball player
  • Kurt Vorpahl (1905–1944), German communist resistance fighter against Nazism
  • Mildred Vorpahl Baass (1917–2012), American poet
  • Nicole Vorpahl (born 1994), Chilean volleyball player

See also

References
  1. Bahlow, Hans (1972). Deutsches Namenlexikon: Familien- und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklärt. Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. p. 537. ISBN 978-3518365656.
  2. "Vorpahl Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19. German: topographic name for someone who lived at a boundary marker, from Middle Low German vorpal ‘boundary pole’.
  3. "Vorpahl Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-06-19. Approximately 1,624 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: Germany.
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