Meaning and Origin
What does the name Apple mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Australia says the name Apple means "Apple is just a fruit".
- A submission from Texas, U.S. says the name Apple means "It is a fruit that grows on trees and can be harvested for food and other meals".
- A submission from Virginia, U.S. says the name Apple means "Fruit".
- A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Apple means "Tasty, juicy and healthy" and is of African origin.
- According to a user from Nigeria, the name Apple is of Nigerian origin and means "All charming".
- The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
- [bot] Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
- Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love applea tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple .
- Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
Note: ☞ The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung.
Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
Etymology: OE. appel eppel, AS. æppel æpl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. äple, Dan. æble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. obůlys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin
- Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
- Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
- (with "the") A nickname for New York City, usually “the Big Apple”.
- A multimedia corporation (Apple Corps) and record company (Apple Records) founded by the Beatles.
- (trademark) The company Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, that produces computers and other digital devices.
- (rare) A female given name from English.
- A surname.
- A computer produced by the company Apple Inc.
Apple was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano, Polish, and Spanish