Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage German Meaning & History From a nickname meaning "priest, cleric" from Old High German pfaffo, from Latin papa. Related NamesDetails RootpapaVariantPabstOther Languages & CulturesPopov, Popova(Bulgarian) Popović(Croatian) Pope(English) Pape(French) Papadopoulos, Papadopoulou, Pappa, Pappas, Papadaki, Papadakis(Greek) Papp(Hungarian) Papke(Low German) Popovska, Popovski(Macedonian) Pop, Popa, Popescu(Romanian) Popov, Popova(Russian) Popović(Serbian)