Sawl as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sawl

What is the meaning of the name Sawl ?

The baby name Sawl is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /sɔːl/ or /sɑːl/ (rhymes with "all").

Sawl is Hebrew in Origin.

Sawl is the Welsh-language form of the biblical name Saul, ultimately from Hebrew Sha'ul, "asked for" or "prayed for." In Welsh Bibles it names both King Saul and Saul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul), and the spelling with aw reflects native phonology. As a given name it has been uncommon but attested in Welsh-speaking communities and among the Welsh diaspora.

The form occasionally overlaps in records with Sawyl, the medieval Welsh name borne by Sawyl Benisel; however, Sawyl is etymologically linked to Samuel (Hebrew Shemu'el), not Saul. Closest international equivalents are Saul (English), Saúl (Spanish), Saulo (Spanish/Portuguese/Italian), and Shaul (transliterated Hebrew). Modern nicknames include Saulie or Sol. A side note for Welsh readers: sawl is also the ordinary Welsh determiner meaning "several/how many," which lends the name a distinctive local flavor while retaining its biblical sense of a much-desired child.

⚙ Sawl is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Sawl appears only 25 times in total — found in 14 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.