Saul Family History
Saul Name Meaning
English, French, German, Italian, and Jewish: from the personal
name Saul (Hebrew Shaul ‘asked-for’), the name of the
king of Israel whose story is recounted in the first book of
Samuel. In spite of his success in uniting Israel and his military
prowess, Saul had a troubled reign, not least because of his long
conflict with the young David, who eventually succeeded him. Perhaps
for this reason, the personal name was not particularly common in
medieval times. A further disincentive to its popularity as a
Christian name was the fact that it was the original name of St. Paul,
borne by him while he was persecuting Christians, and rejected by him
after his conversion to Christianity. It may in part have arisen as a
nickname for someone who had played the part of the Biblical king in a
religious play.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Saul Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Saul families
 92 - 181  31 - 91 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Saul families
|
190 - 378 64 - 189 |
1 - 63 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Saul families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Saul Family Origin
Saul Immigration Information
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Saul Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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