Gul (name) explained

Gul ګل
Gender:	Unisex
Meaning:	"Yellow" in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. "Rose" in Turkish. "Flower" in Persian, Pashto and Kurdish.
Region:	Europe and Central Asia
Language:	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Persian, Pashto and Turkish

Gul is a common name in Persian^[1] (Persian: گل), Pashto (ګل Gwal) and Turkish (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
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

Notes and References

Web site: Gul.
[Francis Joseph Steingass]
News: Gul . Nordic Names . September 17, 2015 .
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=207-md239&cid=-1#-1 Deeds of Londesborough and area