Submitted Name Save Gender Masculine Usage Yiddish Edit Status Status [show contributorhide contributor] Added 1/1/2008 by Scott Kalmikoff Meaning & History From the Hebrew name ùÑÈàåÌì (Sha'ul) which meant "asked for" or "prayed for". This was the name of the first king of Israel who ruled just before King David, as told in the Old Testament.