Stoll : 1: German: from Middle High German Middle Low German stolle ‘prop support frame’ or ‘tunnel in a mine’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter or miner; or a nickname for a clumsy or coarse person.2: Jewish (from Belarus): metonymic occupational name for a smith from Yiddish dialect stol shtol ‘steel’.3: Jewish (American): shortened form of some original eastern Ashkenazic surname.4: English: nickname for someone who made wore or sold stoles from Middle English stole ‘stole’. Compare Stoller 3.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
