Gul

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Pashto / Persian (Afghanistan, Pakistan)

Meaning

a Pashto and Persian name meaning flower or rose, from Persian gul (گل) — one of the most common and beloved words in Persian poetry and culture, where the rose (gul) is the supreme symbol of beauty, love, and divine perfection, typically paired with the nightingale (bulbul) in the classical ghazal tradition of Persian and Urdu poetry; in Pashto culture gul names are extremely common for both men and women, appearing in compounds such as Gulalai (flower-like), Gulistan (garden of flowers), Gulsanam (rose-breasted), and Gulab (rose water); the single name Gul is used for both boys and girls in Afghanistan and for girls more predominantly in Pakistan; the pervasiveness of gul-names reflects the central importance of the Persian poetic and literary tradition in Pashto-speaking culture despite Pashto being a separate Eastern Iranian language

Gender

unisex

Also spelled

Gull, Gol