Pul as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pul

What is the meaning of the name Pul ?

The baby name Pul is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /pul/ (varies by language: Hindi/Urdu /pʊl/ 'pull'; Persian /puːl/ 'pool'; Korean romanization roughly /bul/).

Pul is Assyrian, Biblical, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Urdu in Origin.

Pul is a compact, cross-cultural name with layered histories. In the Hebrew Bible, Pul (Hebrew: Pūl) names the Assyrian ruler identified with Tiglath-Pileser III; Akkadian sources record his personal name as Pulu, whose etymology is uncertain. Because of this scriptural link (2 Kings 15:19; 1 Chronicles 5:26), Pul appears in scholarly and devotional contexts but has been rare as a given name in Jewish and Christian traditions.

Across South and Central Asia, pul is a meaningful everyday word that can lend the name appealing symbolism. In Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and Pashto, pul means “bridge,” suggesting connection and passage; in Persian and Tajik, pūl (پول) means “money/coin,” evoking resources or prosperity. Contemporary usage as a first name is uncommon but plausible as a modern, unisex choice. Variants and related forms include Pulu (Akkadian), Pūl/Pol (Persian orthographic variants), and the near-homophone Phul (“flower”) in several Indo‑Aryan languages.

⚙ Pul is rarely chosen. In all, it turns up just 178 times, across 37 countries.