Saul Forename
2,370th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 431,377 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
El Salvador
Saul Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘asked for’, the name of the first King of Israel, and later of Saul of Tarsus. Occasionally used as a christian name since the 17th C.
Saul Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 148,121 | 1:838 | 167 |
| United States | 100% | 43,484 | 1:8,337 | 967 |
| Colombia | 100% | 38,709 | 1:1,234 | 189 |
| Peru | 100% | 21,956 | 1:1,448 | 290 |
| Spain | 100% | 14,281 | 1:3,258 | 373 |
| El Salvador | - | 13,437 | 1:472 | 75 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 13,053 | 1:2,314 | 345 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10,776 | 1:818 | 143 |
| Argentina | 100% | 9,890 | 1:4,325 | 422 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9,874 | 1:1,631 | 317 |
| Uganda | 100% | 9,750 | 1:4,201 | 510 |
| Israel | 100% | 9,731 | 1:864 | 188 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 8,915 | 1:1,189 | 284 |
| Brazil | 100% | 8,891 | 1:24,096 | 2,136 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 6,508 | 1:2,370 | 434 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,754 | 1:9,477 | 1,642 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 5,448 | 1:47,350 | 6,070 |
| Ecuador | - | 5,408 | 1:3,278 | 446 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,128 | 1:1,924 | 366 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 3,102 | 1:17,018 | 1,829 |
| Chile | 99% | 2,978 | 1:5,912 | 571 |
| Kenya | 97% | 2,339 | 1:19,798 | 1,937 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,031 | 1:8,426 | 1,003 |
| England | 100% | 1,862 | 1:29,862 | 1,674 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,802 | 1:2,168 | 435 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,563 | 1:3,051 | 473 |
| Zambia | - | 1,549 | 1:10,236 | 1,113 |
| Gambia | - | 1,538 | 1:1,253 | 228 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,394 | 1:127,378 | 6,552 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,384 | 1:7,537 | 976 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,305 | 1:25,390 | 2,136 |
| India | 88% | 1,191 | 1:1,020,049 | 66,349 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 1,185 | 1:62,302 | 3,773 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,171 | 1:9,161 | 1,022 |
| Cuba | - | 1,170 | 1:9,835 | 763 |
| Portugal | - | 1,135 | 1:9,173 | 581 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Philippines | 99% | 975 | 1:108,728 | 5,927 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 928 | 1:7,798 | 862 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 857 | 1:4,000 | 429 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 850 | 1:35,823 | 3,169 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 484 | 1:16,844 | 1,678 |
| Australia | - | 419 | 1:32,596 | 1,858 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Italy | 100% | 245 | 1:249,233 | 3,325 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 166 | 1:21,387 | 941 |
| New Zealand | - | 164 | 1:27,659 | 1,894 |
| Belize | 100% | 135 | 1:2,625 | 596 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 124 | 1:136,307 | 6,137 |
| Thailand | 100% | 124 | 1:565,047 | 25,732 |
| Finland | 100% | 109 | 1:50,304 | 1,717 |
| Namibia | - | 95 | 1:25,307 | 2,122 |
| France | 100% | 92 | 1:722,504 | 6,570 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 79 | 1:7,354 | 792 |
| Sweden | 100% | 69 | 1:142,868 | 5,563 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Romania | 100% | 63 | 1:318,285 | 9,742 |
| Germany | 100% | 58 | 1:1,666,860 | 10,489 |
| Belgium | 100% | 56 | 1:205,179 | 4,972 |
| Wales | 100% | 56 | 1:55,256 | 1,823 |
| Scotland | 97% | 50 | 1:107,007 | 2,484 |
| Russia | 96% | 47 | 1:3,068,802 | 17,759 |
| Mauritius | - | 41 | 1:31,653 | 2,345 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 41 | 1:200,329 | 4,666 |
| Ireland | 92% | 33 | 1:140,713 | 3,035 |
| China | - | 32 | 1:42,689,243 | 61,836 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 25 | 1:864,420 | 23,819 |
| Ukraine | 95% | 24 | 1:1,895,830 | 4,899 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 22 | 1:1,048,906 | 30,569 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 22 | 1:806,675 | 9,578 |
| Cambodia | 63% | 19 | 1:856,491 | 14,474 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Liberia | 100% | 13 | 1:339,389 | 10,356 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Georgia | 100% | 12 | 1:311,539 | 6,981 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Czechia | 100% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11 | 1:704,793 | 4,980 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Qatar | - | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8 | 1:230,393 | 1,900 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Singapore | - | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Poland | 75% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
The alternate forms: Saùl (48), Şaul (28), Saûl (1) & Sáúl (1) are calculated separately.
Saul (43,395) may also be a surname.
Saul Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘asked for’, the name of the first King of Israel, and later of Saul of Tarsus. Occasionally used as a christian name since the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The Scripture name, in Hebrew שָׁאוּל, Shaúl, which Simonis translates ‘exoratus,’ i. e. obtained by entreaty; and others, ‘asked for.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - Asked for.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Sawl, demanded, sepulchre, destroyer. 1. The king of Idumea. Gen. xxxvi. 37. 2. The son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of the Israelites. 1 Sam. ix. 1, 2, &c. 3. Paul the apostle, so called prior to his conversion.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: requested.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Longed for: asked [of God].
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Saul Forename Popularity
Saul Demographics
Saul Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 5,568 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Saul Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saul in the Russian language | ||
| Саул | saul | - |
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