Given name · Hindi
गुल
“resembling the rose”
गुल (gul) is a unisex given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Gul.
Meaning & origin
What it means
गुल is Gul written in Devanagari. Gul is a variant of Gulab. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the rose.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
गुल comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian گُل, from Middle Persian gwl (gul), from Old Persian *vr̥dah, from Proto-Iranian *wardah; its root is Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
गुल’s family of names
In Hindi usage, गुल can be written in the Roman alphabet as Gul.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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