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Gul (name)

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Pronunciation
  
/ˈɡʊl/

Gender
  
Male and Female

Language(s)
  
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Persian, and Turkish

Meaning
  
Yellow in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. Rose in Persian and Turkish.

Region of origin
  
Europe and Central Asia

Gul is a Nordic name commonly used in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian languages. The name is also common in Persian and Turkish languages. Gul is used as a family name in Europe, Central and South Asia.

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Gul in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian means yellow. In Persian and Turkish languages, Gul means rose. 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.

Males

  • 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
  • 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

    • Females

  • Gül Gölge (born 1981), Turkish model and actress
  • Gül Kaplan (born 1994), Turkish footballer
  • Gul Panag (born 1979), Indian Bollywood actress

    • Surname

  • Abdullah Gül, Former President of the Republic 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
  • Cameron Gull, Liberal Unionist politician from England
  • 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
  • Umar Gul, Pakistani cricketer
  • William Gull, 19th-century English physician
  • Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler

    • References

    Gul (name) Wikipedia
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