Boulos

Boulos

Pronunciation	Arabic: [buːlus] Egyptian Arabic: [buːlos]
Gender	Male
Language	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Paul
Region of origin	Levant
Other names
Alternative spelling	Bulus, Bolos
Variant form	Paul

Boulos (Arabic: بولس or بولص), also transliterated Boulus, Boolos, Bulos, Bulus etc., is the Arabic form of the name Paul. It can be used as a male given name, or as a surname. It is most common in the Levant as well as in Iraq among Assyrians.

Given name

• Boulos Shehadeh (1882–1943), Palestinian journalist and politician
• Bulus Farah (c. 1910—1991), Palestinian trade unionist
• Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942–2008) Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul, Iraq

Surname

• Bahnam Zaya Bulos (born 1944), Iraqi Assyrian Christian politician
• Christophe Boulos (born 1996), Lebanese track and field sprinter
• Fares Boulos, American musician and actor
• George Boolos (1940–1996), American philosopher and mathematical logician
• Guilherme Boulos (born 1982), Brazilian political and social activist, professor and writer
• Issa Boulos (born 1968), Palestinian-American musician
• Jimmy Bulus (born 1986), Nigerien footballer
• John Boulos (1921–2002), Haitian-American football (soccer) player
• Kimberly Boulos (born 1987), Haitian soccer player
• Maged N. Kamel Boulos, British health informatician
• Michael Boulos (born 1997), Lebanese-American business executive, son of Massad Boulos and husband of Tiffany Trump
• Michel Boulos (born 1976), Canadian sabre fencer
• Michelle Boulos (born 1988), American figure skater
• Mikaella Boulos (born 1992), Lebanese actress and architect
• Philippe Najib Boulos (1902–1979), Lebanese lawyer and politician
• Reginald Boulos (born 1956), third generation Lebanese-Haitian medical doctor and businessman
• Sargon Boulus (1944–2007), Iraqi Assyrian poet and short story writer

Company

• Boulos Enterprises, a Nigerian motorcycle company who Michael Boulos is the heir of