Gul
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gul is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In Türkiye it is the 30th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Classical Persian گُل (gul, “flower”).
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 462(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 1K
- AFAfghanistan≈1 in 1.3K
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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 180 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 462 (inferred from the name graph)
≈230,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gül in TR Türkiye, CY Cyprus, MK North Macedonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Classical Persian گُل (gul, “flower”).
Sources 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
- Nordic Names
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gul 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈230,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Gul | 129 |
| TR Türkiye | #30 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 462 | #100 | Gül | 126 |
| AF Afghanistan | — | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 1 | Gul | 34 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Gul | 26 |
| MK North Macedonia | #183 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Gül | 4 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,140 | 1 in 34K | 589 | — | — |
| CY Cyprus | #126 | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Gül | 11 |
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: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gul is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Kurdish, Rose, flower
as a wordkurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary
In cau-nkh-pro, mountain ridge
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In Russian, "stroll."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Welsh, soft mutation of cul (“narrow”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, synonym of bunga (“flower”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Any medallionlike design on a Central or West Asian rug.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gül Çirayb. 1939TRTurkish athlete (1939–2019)
- Gul Rahmanb. 1953AFAfghani killed at a CIA prison
- Gül Onatb. 1953TRTurkish actor (born 1953)
- Güllüb. 1973TRnot in their usual nameTurkish singer of Romani ancestry (1973–2025)
- Gul Panagb. 1979INactress
- Gül Gölgeb. 1981TRTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1981)
- Gül Kaplanb. 1994TRTurkish association football player (born 1994)
- Selen Altunkulakb. 1997FRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1997)
- Gül Eroğlub. 1997TRTurkish association football player (born 1997)
- Gul Aghab. 2000PKcomputer scientist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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 54 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 589 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 589 | #5,379 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 551 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 551 | #5,901 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 11 | #9,835 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 5 | #11,188 |
| AF Afghanistan | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 1 | #210 |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
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 Gul mean, and where does it come from?
- From Classical Persian گُل (gul, “flower”). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
- How do you pronounce Gul?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡəɫ/ (IPA) for Urdu.
- Is Gul a male or female name?
- Gul is a female 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 Gul have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 232 thousand people named Gul in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gul.
- How common is the name Gul?
- In Poland, the national register counted 1,140 people named Gul in 2026, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
- How common is Gul compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Gul is the 30th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Gul?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gulThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gul” — the 30th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.