Gul

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Gül in TR Türkiye, NL Netherlands, BE Belgium and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gul is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name31K records spelled Gul6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Türkiye, United States

  Also written Gül, Ġūl, Ġul, Ǧūl, Gûl

• English surname26K records spelled Gul42 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Türkiye, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Gül, Guel, Güel, Ğül, G'Ül

• Pashto given name18K records spelled Gul3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Türkiye

  Also written Gül, Ğül

• French given name11K records spelled Gul8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Afghanistan

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Gül, Gűl, Gûl, Gùl, Gúl

• Hindi given name7.3K records spelled Gul48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Georgia, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written Gulu, Gull, Გულუ, গুল, গুলু

• Danish given name1.9K records spelled Gul11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Gül, Ğül, Ğůĺ

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gul is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Kurdish, Rose, flower

  as a word·kurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary

• In cau-nkh-pro, mountain ridge

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In Russian, "stroll."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Welsh, soft mutation of cul (“narrow”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Indonesian, synonym of bunga (“flower”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Any medallionlike design on a Central or West Asian rug.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 93 years between 1900–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gül Çirayb. 1939TRTurkish athlete (1939–2019)
• Gul Rahmanb. 1953AFAfghani killed at a CIA prison
• Gül Onatb. 1953TRTurkish actor (born 1953)
• Güllüb. 1973TRnot in their usual nameTurkish singer of Romani ancestry (1973–2025)
• Gul Panagb. 1979INactress
• Gül Gölgeb. 1981TRTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1981)
• Gül Kaplanb. 1994TRTurkish association football player (born 1994)
• Selen Altunkulakb. 1997FRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1997)
• Gül Eroğlub. 1997TRTurkish association football player (born 1997)
• Gul Aghab. 2000PKcomputer scientist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 288 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gul?

We estimate roughly 7.9 thousand people bear Gul (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Gul have the most bearers?

Gul is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled gül.

How common is Gul compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Gul is the 36th most common surname of 634,557 surnames recorded there.

Is Gul a male or female name?

Gul is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Gul mean?

Recorded meaning: From Classical Persian گُل (gul, “flower”).