Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Romanian Meaning & History From Romanian popă "priest", from Slavic pop. See All RelationsRelated Names Other Languages & CulturesPopov(Bulgarian) Pope(English) Pape(French) Pabst, Pfaff(German) Papadopoulos(Greek) Papp(Hungarian) Papke(Low German) Popovski(Macedonian) Popov(Russian) Entry updated January 22, 2019