Comments for the name Gul

Actually in Iranian gul means "flower" not "rose". "Rose" means "rose", same meaning in English.

She's right, it does mean flower not rose. I'm half Iranian.

There are many Gul- names used in Iran:
Gulafruz ('dazzling like a flower'); Gulafsan ('rose fable'); Gulafshan ('dispersing like a flower'); Gulandam ('having the form of a flower; slender, delicate'); Gulbadan ('having a body like a rose'); Gulbaher ('a spring flower'); Gulbai; Gulbanu ('flower lady'); Gulbarg ('rose leaf'); Gulchehr ('having a countenance like a rose'); Gulestan, Gulshan ('rose garden'); Gulkhandan ('smiling like a flower'); Gulkhurshid ('sunflower'); Gullala ('tulip flower'); Gulnar ('pomegranate'); Gulpaekar ('rose-faced'); Gulroxar ('rose-faced, rosy-cheeked'); Gulrukh ('rose-faced, ruddy'); Gulshirin ('sweet like a rose'); Gulzar ('flower garden').