Saul

A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “asked for.”.

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Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin (Shaul), meaning "ask/question".
People named Saul include:
Saul Adadi (1850-1918), Sephardic Hakham and rosh yeshiva in the Tripoli Jewish community
Saul Alinsky (1909-1972), American liberal political activist
Saúl Álvarez (born 1990), Mexican professional boxer, WBC middleweight champion
Saúl Armendáriz (born 1970), Mexican professional wrestler under the ring name Cassandro
Saul Bass (1920-1996), film graphic designer
Saul Bellow (1915-2005), Canadian author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize
Saúl Berjón (born 1986), Spanish footballer known as Saúl
Saul Chaplin (1912–1997), American composer and musical director, three-time Oscar winner
Saúl Craviotto (born 1984), Spanish sprint canoer, Olympic and world champion
Saúl Fernández García (born 1985), Spanish footballer
Slash (musician), British-American musician Saul Hudson, ex-guitarist of Guns N' Roses
Saul Katz (born 1939), President of the New York Mets Major League Baseball team
Saul Kripke (born 1940), American philosopher and logician
Saul Landau (1936-2013), American scholar, author, commentator and filmmaker
Saul Leiter (1923-2013), American photographer, early user of color photography in fine art
Saul Milton, British musician, member of Chase & Status
Saul Levi Morteira (c. 1596-1660), Dutch rabbi
Saúl Ñíguez (born 1994), Spanish footballer playing for Atlético Madrid
Saúl Ongaro, Argentine footballer from the 1930s to the 1950s
Saúl Phillips (born 1984), Costa Rican footballer
Saul Phillips (basketball) (born 1972), American college basketball head coach and former player
Saul Raisin (born 1983), professional road bicycle racer
Saul Rogovin (1923-1995), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Saul Rubinek (born 1948), German-born Canadian actor and director
Saul Shapiro, American known for public policy development on digital broadcast
Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator
Saul Steinberg (businessman) (1939-2012), American businessman and financier
Saúl Suárez, Colombian football manager in the 1990s
Saul Teukolsky (born 1947), South African theoretical astrophysicist and professor
Saul Winstein (1912-1969), Canadian chemist
Saul Williams (born 1972), American rapper, poet, actor and musician
Saul Zaentz (1921-2014), American film producer and owner of Fantasy Records

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Masc. proper name, Biblical first king of Israel, from Latin Saul, from Hebrew Shaul, literally "asked for," passive participle of sha'al "he asked for."

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Responded, prayed for, inquired of God, asked for.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Saul Alinsky	1909	American community organizer and writer
2	Saúl Ñíguez	1994	Spanish footballer
3	Saul Bellow	1915	Canadian-born American writer
4	Saul Bass	1920	American graphic designer and filmmaker
5	Saul Williams	1972	American singer, musician, poet, writer, and actor
6	Saul Rubinek	1948	Canadian actor
7	Saul Kripke	1940	American philosopher
8	Saul Zaentz	1921	American film producer
9	Saul Andrew Blinkoff		American film director
10	Saul Perlmutter	1959	American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
11	John Ralston Saul	1947	Canadian author and essayist
12	Saul Tigh		Fictional character
13	Saul Leiter	1923	American photographer
14	Saul Lisazo	1956	Argentine actor
15	Saul Friedländer	1932	Israeli historian
16	Saul Anuzis	1959	Politician
17	Saul Katz	1939	American baseball executive
18	Saúl Berjón	1986	Spanish footballer
19	Saul Chaplin	1912	American composer
20	Saul Steinberg	1939	Businessman and corporate raider
21	Saul Dibb	1968	British film director and screenwriter
22	Saúl Hernández	1964	Singer and songwriter
23	Saul Ricardo	1987
24	Saúl Schkolnik	1929	Chilean writer
25	Saul Holden
26	Peter Saul	1934	American artist
27	Saúl García Cabrero	1994	Spanish footballer
28	Saul Newman	1972	Australian political theorist
29	Saul Winstein	1912	Canadian chemist
30	Saul Lieberman	1898	American rabbi
31	Saul Griffith	1974	American businessman
32	Saul Krugman	1911	American medical researcher
33	Saul Sternberg	1933	American psychologist
34	Saul Phillips	1972	American basketball player-coach
35	Saúl Marin	1968
36	Saul Landau	1936	American journalist
37	Saul Kent	1940	American businessman and co-founder of the Life Extension Foundation
38	Pinise Saul	1941
39	Saul K. Padover	1905	American journalist
40	Richard Saul	1891	Royal Air Force air marshals
41	Frank Saul	1943	Footballer
42	Saúl Craviotto	1984	Spanish canoeist
43	Saul Teukolsky	1947	Astrophysicist
44	Saul Marantz	1911	American businessman
45	Andrew Saul	1955	American nutritionist
46	Saul Davies	1960
47	Saul Nanni	1999	Italian actor
48	Saul Metzstein	1970	British film director
49	Saul Deeney	1983	Professional footballer
50	Saul Rogovin	1923	American baseball player
51	Saul Singer		American writer
52	Saul Almeida	1989	American mixed martial artist
53	Saul Kassin		American psychologist
54	Saul Rosenzweig	1907	American psychologist and therapist
55	Rich Saul	1948	American football player
56	Nigel Saul	1952	British historian
57	Saul Wahl	1541	Legendary Polish king
58	Saul Berman	1939	American rabbi
59	Saul David	1921	American film producer
60	Saul Bennett
61	Ron Saul	1948	American football player
62	Saul Weprin	1927	New York politician
63	Nitza Saul	1950	British actress
64	Saul Klein	1970	British venture capitalist
65	Solomon Weingeroff	1916	Professional wrestling manager
66	Saúl Jiménez Fortes	1990	Spanish matador
67	Saúl Alejandro Taborda	1885	Argentinian educationist
68	Jennifer Saul	1968	American philosopher
69	Saul B. Cohen	1925	American geographer
70	Ben Saul		Australian lawyer
71	Saul Adler	1895	Israeli microbiologist
72	Saul Swimmer	1936	American film director
73	Berrick Saul	1924	Vice-Chancellor of the University of York
74	Saúl Fajardo	1914
75	Saul Tepper	1899	American artist
76	Saul Matthews
77	Saúl Salcedo	1997	Footballer
78	Saul Goodman	1907	American timpanist
79	Saul Cornell		American historian
80	Saúl Gutiérrez	1992	Mexican taekwondo athlete
81	Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.	1958	American mayor
82	Saul B. Newton	1906	American psychotherapist
83	Saul Bron	1887
84	Saul Levi Morteira	1596	Dutch rabbi
85	Saul Raisin	1983	Former road bicycle racer
86	Saul Amarel	1928	Greek scientist, engineer, and teacher
87	Saul Msane		African politician and intellectual
88	Saúl Román	1980	Mexican boxer
89	Will Saul	1978	British music producer
90	Saul Rosen	1922
91	Saul Hertz	1905	American physician
92	Saul Rae	1914	Canadian diplomat
93	Oscar Saul	1912	American writer
94	Saul Rose	1973	British musician
95	Saul Laskin	1918	Canadian politician
96	Bill Saul	1940	American football player
97	Abba Saul
98	Andrea Saul	1982	Spokesperson for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign
99	Saul Levmore	1953	American academic
100	Saúl Bouer	1937	Argentinian economist and politician
101	Saul Gorn	1912	Computer scientist
102	Saul Mariaschin	1924	Former American professional basketball player in the Basketball Association of America
103	Nicholas Saul	1833	Criminal, murderer
104	Saúl Kattan Cohen	1971
105	Saul Malatrasi	1938	Italian footballer and manager
106	Bernard Francis Saul	1872	American banker
107	Saul Levin		South African psychiatrist
108	Saul B. Robinsohn	1916	German university teacher (1916-1972)
109	Saúl Rivera	1977	American baseball player
110	Saúl Martínez	1976	Honduran footballer
111	Saul V. Levine	1938	Canadian psychiatrist
112	Saul Montana	1970	Mexican boxer
113	Jason Saul	1969	American business theorist
114	Saúl Fernández García	1985	Spanish footballer
115	Saul Maslavi	1964
116	Saul Cherniack	1917	Canadian politician
117	Mark Saul		Australian musician
118	Saúl Karsz		French sociologist
119	Saul Friedman	1929	American journalist
120	Saul Samuel	1820	Australian colonial merchant, member of parliament, magistrate, pastoralist, and Jewish community leader
121	Saul Santarelli	1974	Italian association football player
122	Saul Halpin	1991	English footballer
123	April Saul	1955	American journalist
124	Saul Adadi	1850
125	Saúl Ubaldini	1936	Argentine activist
126	Saul
127	Saul Berlin	1740	German rabbi
128	Saul Raskin	1878	American artist
129	Saúl Morales	1973	Spanish racing cyclist
130	Kevin Saul	1980	American poker player
131	Saul J. Turell	1921	American film producer
132	Saul Marron	1981	British actor
133	Saul White
134	Saul Nassé	1965
135	Saul Patu	1978	American football player
136	Saul Ostrow		American art critic
137	Saul Bonnell	1871	Canadian politician
138	Saul Polo		Canadian politician
139	Saul Ascher	1767	German writer/translator/bookseller
140	Aryeh Leib ben Saul	1690	Polish rabbi
141	Saul Koll
142	Saul Adelman	1944	Astronomer
143	Saul Merin	1933	Israeli Ophthalmologist
144	John S. Saul	1938	Economist
145	Saul Villalobos	1991	Footballer
146	Saul Lorenzo Rivero	1954	Uruguayan footballer
147	Saúl Flores	1994	Argentinian association football player
148	Saul Raiz	1930
149	Saul Elkins	1907	American film producer
150	Saúl Blanco	1985	Spanish basketball player
151	Saul Elkin		American theatre director
152	Saul of Hungary	1114	Heir presumptive of the Kingdom of Hungary
153	Saul Isaac	1823	British politician
154	John Hennessy Saul	1810
155	Saul Fenster		American academic administrator
156	Saúl Anicama	1991	Peruvian association football player
157	Saul Lowenstam	1717	Dutch rabbi
158	Saul Miller	1917	Canadian politician
159	Saúl Ongaro	1916	Argentine footballer
160	Saul Dushman	1883	Physical chemist
161	Saul Yanovsky	1864	American anarchist
162	Jim Saul	1939	American baseball player and manager
163	Saul Hayes	1906	Canadian activist
164	Sol Gorss	1908	Actor
165	Saúl Cepeda Lezcano	1976	Spanish writer, gourmand and journalist
166	Saul Green		American politician
167	Saul Abramzon	1905	Ethnographer
168	Saúl Phillips	1984	Costa Rican footballer
169	José Saúl Juárez Vega	1957
170	Saúl Balagura	1943	Colombian artist and poet
171	Saúl González Herrera	1915	Mexican politician
172	Saúl Calandra	1904	Argentine footballer
173	Saúl Lara	1982	Spanish footballer
174	Saul Weigopwa	1984	Nigerian sprinter
175	Saúl Osorio Paz		Guatemalan economist
176	Saúl Serrano	1953	Mexican artist and photographer
177	Saul Davis	1901	Negro League Baseball player
178	Eric Saul	1954	French motorcycle racer
179	Saul ben Anan		Rabbi
180	Arnold Saul	1924	American tennis player
181	John L. Saul	1948	British writer
182	Saul Rappaport		American astronomer
183	Saul Shapiro	1956	Media and technology executive
184	Saul M. Ginsburg	1866	Russian historian
185	Saúl García	1986	Mexican footballer
186	John Saul	1913	Australian actor
187	Saúl Molina	1938	Salvadoran footballer
188	Saúl Salinas	1882	Argentinian guitarist
189	Saul Akkemay	1964	Columnist, publicist
190	Klaus Saul	1939	German historian of modern age
191	Saul Cordero	1940	Puerto Rican broadcaster
192	Saul Mandel	1926	Illustrator
193	Saúl Toloza	1990	Argentinian association football player
194	Jehoshaphat ben Saul		Karaite raabi
195	Saul Greco	1910	Italian architect
196	Saul Alves Martins	1917	Brazilian anthropologist
197	Saul Amsterdam	1898
198	Saúl Sánchez	1973	Mexican footballer
199	Saul Oliveira	1919	Brazilian association football player (1919-1999)
200	Saúl Weisleder Weisleder	1950	Costa Rican sociologist and economist