Zul

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/zˈul/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zul is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. In Brunei it is the 33rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Collect, accumulate, highest degree.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 5.6K
  • BNBrunei≈1 in 471

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈47,000 people, est.

Sources
128 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 471 (inferred from the name graph)

Brunei, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Collect, accumulate, highest degree

Sources 1

  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zul counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zul is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#795≈47,000 est.≈1 in 5.6KlistedZul128
MY Malaysia#160≈22,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Zul78
PK Pakistan—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 120K—Zul20
BN Brunei#33≈990 est.≈1 in 471—Zul8
SG Singapore#900≈580 est.≈1 in 11K#8Zul27
TW Taiwan—≈200 est.≈1 in 119K—Zul3
SE Sweden—21 in 5.1M2—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the id-github-names register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Singapore, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Zuel, Zül, Zuël

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zül, Žûĺ, Zúl, Żul

  • Bangla given name30 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, South Africa

    Languages: Bangla, Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Julu, Jul, জল, Zulu, জুল

  • Turkish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Türkiye, United States, Afghanistan

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Zül, Zúl

39 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(measured from records)

Zul is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Dutch, second-person singular present indicative of zullen

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Czech, masculine singular past active participle of zout

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zulu.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In och, Collect, accumulate, highest degree

    as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHalo Zul,Hi Zul, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Zul
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—2#60,483
ID IndonesiaKPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zul mean, and where does it come from?
Collect, accumulate, highest degree Recorded by Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007).
How do you pronounce Zul?
A machine transcription gives /zˈul/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
Is Zul a male or female name?
Zul is a male 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.
In which country does Zul have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 47 thousand people named Zul in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zul.
How common is the name Zul?
In Sweden, the national register counted 2 people named Zul, about 1 in 5.1 million residents.
How common is Zul compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Zul is the 795th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zul” — the 795th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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