Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage Russian, Bulgarian Scripts Попов(Russian, Bulgarian) Pronounced Pron. pu-POF(Russian) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "son of the priest", derived from Russian and Bulgarian поп (pop). Related NamesDetails Other Languages & CulturesPope(English) Pape(French) Pabst, Pfaff(German) Papadopoulos(Greek) Papp(Hungarian) Papke(Low German) Popovski(Macedonian) Pop, Popa, Popescu(Romanian)