Vorpahl (from "before", "in front of" plus Pfahl "pole", "pale") is a Low German dwelling/habitational surname for a person who lived at a boundary marker (Grenzpfahl: "boundary post"). Notable people with the name include: Chris Vorpahl (born 1990), retired Chilean female volleyball player (1905–1944), German communist resistance fighter against Nazism Mildred Vorpahl Baass (1917–2012), American poet Nicole Vorpahl (born 1994), Chilean volleyball player See also Vorpal (disambiguation) References German-language surnames