Poole surname meaning

Poole is an English topographic or habitational surname from Middle English pole or pool, a pond, small lake, or stream. It could identify someone who lived beside such a feature or someone from a settlement named Poole, including the Dorset port. Poole, Pool, and Pole may overlap in historical records, though they can also have separate local histories. The catalog uses place with high confidence because the landscape-based formation is clear. The original water feature varied by family and need not refer specifically to the modern town of Poole.