Name meaning & stats
Saul
Saul means “asked for” (Hebrew origin). 38,024 US babies since 1940, peak 2006.
What it means
“asked for”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2006
38,024 US babies were named Saul between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Saul (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Saul is the main spelling
- Saul 99%
- Zaul 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2006)