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Saul

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KaleidoscopeDAN · 24/06/2026 18:18

Thoughts on Saul for a boy? We'd be pronouncing it like Paul but with an S. I do not like the sah-ool pronunciation.

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amispeakingintongues · 24/06/2026 19:32

RubyPowderPuff · 24/06/2026 18:46

🔝This. King Saul is a shady character, disobeying god after being elevated to first King of Israel by God. And Saul the Apostle changed his name to Paul to demonstrate a change in character- Saul prosecuted early Christmas while Paul became a missionary.

I hope you are not serious!

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Yes. Overall, Saul = villain.

but each to their own!

user293948849167 · 24/06/2026 19:17

I quite like it
Only ever heard it pronounced to rhyme with Paul in English

StationJack · 24/06/2026 18:51

Saul does rhyme with Paul in English.

BrownRedPink · 24/06/2026 18:48

I like it. Saul is much fresher than Paul, as all of the Pauls that I know are at least 30 years old. (To be clear, I do like Paul. It was just very common for many years.) What a difference one letter can make!

RubyPowderPuff · 24/06/2026 18:46

amispeakingintongues · 24/06/2026 18:35

It is nice and fairly uncommon. Do you realise it’s biblical meaning? Look up King Saul and Paul the Apostle if not.

🔝This. King Saul is a shady character, disobeying god after being elevated to first King of Israel by God. And Saul the Apostle changed his name to Paul to demonstrate a change in character- Saul prosecuted early Christmas while Paul became a missionary.

I hope you are not serious!

Firebird83 · 24/06/2026 18:42

I like it. Also like Sol short for Solomon

HEC2746 · 24/06/2026 18:42

I love it and if I didn’t have a mild lisp DS
would have been called it. And I can’t imagine anyone pronouncing it other than like Paul.

amispeakingintongues · 24/06/2026 18:35

It is nice and fairly uncommon. Do you realise it’s biblical meaning? Look up King Saul and Paul the Apostle if not.

LifeBeginsToday · 24/06/2026 18:30

No one is called Saul. Even Saul wasn't called Saul for long.

ApolloandDaphne · 24/06/2026 18:29

lavendervibes · 24/06/2026 18:24

I like the name but you are setting the kid up for a lifetime of mispronunciation as how you are suggesting is not how it’s commonly pronounced.

Surely how OP plans to say it is the normal way? I have never heard it pronounced any other way.

Loures · 24/06/2026 18:28

Rhyming with Paul is the English pronunciation. Sah-ool is the Spanish pronunciation. Your preferred pronunciation with be fine, OP (unless you live in Spain).

lavendervibes · 24/06/2026 18:24

I like the name but you are setting the kid up for a lifetime of mispronunciation as how you are suggesting is not how it’s commonly pronounced.