Gul is a common name in Persian[1] (گل Gol), Pashto (ګل Gwal) and Turkish (Gül) languages, meaning rose.[2] Gul is used as a family name in Europe, Central and South Asia.
It is also a Nordic given name, used in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian languages as a short form of Guðólfr (Godwulf).[3]
The name is also an abbreviation used in the medieval and early modern periods for William (derived from French Guillaume), for example in the signature "Gul: Ebor" for William Dawes, Archbishop of York.[4]
Given name
Males
- Gul Bakhsh, Bengali poet
- Gul Hameed Bhatti, Pakistani journalist
- Gul Chaman, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Gul Haider, Afghan politician
- Gul Mohammed Jangvi, Afghan Taliban field commander
- Haji Alam Gul Kuchi, Afghan politician
- Gul Mohammad, Indian/Pakistani cricketer
- Gul Mohammed, Guinness world record holder as the shortest human being
- Gul Mudin (1994–2010), Afghan child premeditatedly murdered by United States troops
- Gul Rahman, Afghan torture victim
- Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician
- Gul Agha Sherzai, Afghan politician
- Gul Mohamad Zhowandai, Afghan poet
- Gul Rahman Qazi, Pashtun Afghan scholar, peace activist and politician
Females
- Gül Gölge (born 1981), Turkish model and actress
- Gul Panag (born 1979), Indian Bollywood actress
- Gul Panra (born 1989), Pakistani Pashto singer
- Gul Rukhsar, Pakistani Pashto Singer
- Gulalai Wazir, Pashtun Politician
- Gulalai Ismael, Human Rights Activist
- Gul Wareenah, a common pashtun girl name
Surname
Notable people with the surname Gul or Gül include:
- Abdullah Gül (born 1950), Turkish politician and 11th President of Turkey
- Aftab Gul, Pakistani cricketer
- Ajab Gul, Pakistani actor-turned-director
- Amir Gul, Pakistani footballer
- Awal Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Dawd Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Fahim Gul (born 1956), Pakistani squash player
- Faruk Gül, Turkish American economist
- Gerardus Gul, Dutch bishop of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
- Hamid Gul, former Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
- Khi Ali Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Meirchion Gul, 5th-century king of Rheged (modern-day northern England)
- Mohammad Gul, Afghan prisoner of the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Roman Gul, Russian émigré writer
- Sahar Gul, Afghan child bride tortured by her husband's family
- Sajjad Gul, Pakistani CEO
- Shabnum Gul (born 1963), Pakistani writer
- Umar Gul, Pakistani cricketer
- Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
See also
- Gul (disambiguation)
- Gull (surname)
- Gülmira/Gulmira/Gol Mir (ru:Гульмира)
- Gülnur/Gulnur
- Nurgül/Nurgul/Nurgyul
- Gülnar/Gulnar/Gulnara
- Nazgul
- Gulnaz
- Gulzhan/Guljan
- Gulzhanat
- Aygül/Aigul
References
- ^ "Gul".
- ^ Francis Joseph Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary: gul[permanent dead link] (Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago)
- ^ "Gul". Nordic Names. September 17, 2015.
- ^ Deeds of Londesborough and area: Lease for years MD239/35, 1 Jul 1715. The National Archives, UK. Retrieved 19 November 2010
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