Borrowed from Old English Saul. Doublet of Silas, which derived from Aramaic.
From Biblical Hebrew שָׁאוּל (šāʾûl, literally “asked (for)”).
Learned borrowing from Late Latin…
From Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yo'él, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.
From…
* (names): From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide.
* (city in Missouri): Named for brothers Clark Wallace and William…
Borrowed from Old English Saul. Doublet of Silas, which derived from Aramaic.
From Biblical Hebrew שָׁאוּל (šāʾûl, literally “asked (for)”).
Learned borrowing from Late Latin…