Vorpahl Explained

Vorpahl (from German: [[wikt:vor#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
• (1905–1944), German communist resistance fighter against Nazism
• Mildred Vorpahl Baass (1917–2012), American poet
• Nicole Vorpahl (born 1994), Chilean volleyball player

See also

• • Vorpal (disambiguation)

Notes and References

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