Saul (given name)

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 Goodman (born 1960), fictional Albuquerque-based attorney featured in hit TV series, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
• 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), Dutch rabbi
• Saul Moyal, Egyptian Olympic fencer
• 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