Given name & surname
Hull
“a spirited man”
Hull is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a spirited man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a spirited man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Possibly from Middle English Hull, from Proto-Brythonic *hʉl, from Proto-Celtic *soulos, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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