All over the world, Гул (Гул 
, Guhl 
) is a rare epicene forename. The forename Гул is characteristic of Central Asia, particularly Tajikistan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare female name, and Kazakhstan, where it is a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely male name. More prevalently, Гул is the last name as well as the forename.