Kabul

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Кабул in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 3 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●

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◐

Kabul is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Turkish given name9.6K records spelled Kabul17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India, United States, Tunisia

  Languages: Turkish, Arabic, English

  Also written Kabil, Kãbíl, Ķäbüĺ, Kâbîl, Kaebîl

• Hindi given name2.0K records spelled Kabul15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Bangladesh

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Kablu, কাবুল, কাবলু, କାବୁଲି, Kaabil

• French surname292 records spelled Kabul2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Syria, Morocco

  Also written Kaboul

• a separate name222 records spelled Kabul2 spellings in the group

  Also written Kábûl

38 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●

Kabul is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Catalan, Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)

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

• In yxg, carpet snake

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

• In Turkish, acceptation

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

• In Indonesian, acceptance

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

• In Serbo-Croatian, »pristajati na što, odobravati, primati«

  as a word·Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

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) — 88 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 181 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kabul?

We estimate roughly 22 people bear Kabul (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.

In which country does Kabul have the most bearers?

Kabul is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled kabul.

What does the name Kabul mean?

Recorded meaning: river, city, prov, Afghanistan