Appelius Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Search old registers for Appelius and you will soon meet Appel too. Its meaning, shared with Appel, is “Apples”.

Spelling and variants

Appelius adds -ius to the root of Appel, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Appels, Appelt and Appell.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Appelius, so the heraldry linked to Appel is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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