Given name & surname
Gul
“resembling the rose”
Gul is a variant of Gulab. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the rose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gul is a variant of Gulab. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the rose.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gul is a variant of Gulab. An origin associated with Gulab is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gul through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 746 as a first name in 2020; 1,483 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gul’s family of names
Gul has a related form in Gulab. In Hindi usage, Gul is a Roman-alphabet rendering of गुल.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gul
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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