Kaul
Kaul is a German and an Indian family name .
Etymology of the German name
- Name of residence for mhd. Kūle ("pit", mnd. Kule "pit, recess, hole")
- Acquired to mhd. Kugele , drawn together kūle "ball", also contemptuous for head
- Takeover to fnhd. kaul ("club" for a rough person)
- Name of origin for the place name Kaule (North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg)
German family name
- Alexander Kaul (politician) (1901–1972), German politician
- Alexander Kaul (biophysicist) (* 1934), German biophysicist
- Anja Beatrice Kaul (* 1965), German actress
- August Kaul (1873–1949), German landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Erich Kaul (1899–1971), German politician and SA leader
- Felix Kaul (1920–2013), German lawyer and federal prosecutor
- Friedrich Karl Kaul (1906–1981), German lawyer and author
- Georg Kaul (1873–1933), Silesian journalist and politician (SPD)
- Hans-Peter Kaul (1943–2014), German international lawyer
- Henning Kaul (* 1940), German politician
- Inge Kaul , political writer
- Johannes Kaul (* 1940), German journalist and author
- Karl Kaul (painter, 1934) (1934-2003), German painter
- Karl Kaul (painter, 1937) (* 1937), German painter
- Kurt Kaul (1890–1944), German SS group leader, major general of the police, NSDAP MdR
- Manfred Kaul (* 1956), German professor of computer science
- Martin Kaul (* 1981), German journalist
- Matthias Kaul (1949–2020), German percussionist and composer
- Michael Kaul (soccer player) (* 1963), German soccer player
- Michael Kaul (athlete) (* 1967), German athlete
- Niklas Kaul (* 1998), German decathlete and javelin thrower
- Oliver Kaul , German economist and university professor
- Oskar Kaul (1885–1968), German musicologist
- Pascal Kaul (* 1962), Swiss badminton player
- Rainer Kaul (* 1952), German politician
- Sebastian Kaul (* 1979), German soccer player
- Theodor Kaul (1908–1974), German Protestant pastor and church historian
- Walter Kaul (1903–?), German politician (NSDAP)
Indian surname
- Anil Kaul (* 1964), Canadian badminton player of Indian origin
- Awtar Krishna Kaul (1939–1974), Indian screenwriter, film director and producer
- Mani Kaul (1944–2011), Indian film director, screenwriter and university professor
- Nitasha Kaul (* 1976), Indian economist, philosopher, poet and writer
- Sheila Kaul (1915–2015), Indian politician
- Siddhartha Kaul (* 1954), Indian manager, President of SOS Children's Villages International
Individual evidence
- ^ Duden, Familiennames, Dudenverlag, Mannheim-Leipzig-Vienna-Zurich 2005, p. 368