Saul (given name)

Saul
	Saul from the Hebrew Bible
Pronunciation	/ˈsɔːl/; Spanish: [saˈul]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	borrowed
Region of origin	Judea
Other names
Related names	Shaul, Saulo

Saul is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the English form of שָׁאוּל‎, the Hebrew name of the Biblical King Saul. The name translates to "asked for/borrowed".

People named Saul include:

Saul Adadi (1850–1918), Sephardic Hakham and rosh yeshiva in the Tripoli Jewish community
Saul Alinsky (1909–1972), American political activist
Saúl Álvarez (born 1990), Mexican boxer, WBA - WBC middleweight champion
Saúl Armendáriz (born 1970), Mexican wrestler under the ring name Cassandro
Saul Ascher (1767–1822), Jewish narrative writer and publicist
Saul Bass (1920–1996), film graphic designer
Saul Bellow (1915–2005), Canadian author, 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
Saul Dubow, South African historian and academic
Saúl Fernández García (born 1985), Spanish footballer
Slash (musician), British-American musician Saul Hudson, guitarist of Guns N' Roses
Saul Katz (born 1939), President of the New York Mets baseball team
Saul Kripke (1940–2022), 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 Lieberman (1898–1983), Israeli rabbi and scholar of Talmud
Saul Milton, British musician, member of Chase & Status
Saul Levi Morteira (c. 1596–1660), Amsterdam rabbi
Saul Moyal, Egyptian Olympic fencer
Saul Nanni (born 1999), Italian actor
Saúl Ñíguez (born 1994), Spanish footballer
Saúl Ongaro, Argentine footballer
Saúl Phillips (born 1984), Costa Rican footballer
Saul Phillips (basketball) (born 1972), American basketball coach and player
Saul Raisin (born 1983), road bicycle racer
Saul Robbins (1922–2010), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco
Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), American baseball player
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 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
Saul Garza (undefined), American actor, known for taking a guest role in Prison Break series

Fictional characters

Saul, a character on the TV sitcom Soap
Saul, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film Coming to America
Saul Berenson (undefined), fictional CIA mentor, was played by Mandy Patinkin Ben Savage
Saul Goodman (born 1960), fictional Albuquerque-based attorney featured in hit TV series, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
Jaguar D. Saul, a fictional character from One Piece

Fictional characters

See also