Given name & surname
Saulo
“one who was prayed for”
Saulo is a variant of Saul. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who was prayed for.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Saulo is a variant of Saul. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who was prayed for.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Saulo is a variant of Saul. An origin associated with Saul is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Saulo is a variant of Saul. The history of Saul gives this family its wider story. Saul has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Saulo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 692
- 692 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,021 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,021 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,323 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 54,455 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saulo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Saulo has a feminine form in SAULA. Saulo has a related form in Saul. In Portuguese usage, Saulo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Saul.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Saulo
- SauloBrazilian association football playerborn 1974
- Saulo DecarliSwiss footballerborn 1992
- Saulo MineiroBrazilian association football playerborn 1997
- SauloBrazilian footballerborn 1982
- Saulo HaarlaFinnish actor and theatre manager (1930–1971)
- SauloBrazilian footballerborn 1985
- SauloBrazilian footballerborn 1989
- Saulo FernandesBrazilian Axé singerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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