Arul is an Indian male given name and may refer to:

People Given name Arul Chinnaiyan Arul Kanda Kandasamy (born 1976), Malaysian executive Arul Kumar Jambunathan, Malaysian politician Arul Pragasam (1948–2019), Sri Lankan Tamil revolutionary Arul Ramadas, Indian politician Arul Shankar, Indian mathematician Arul Suppiah (born 1983), Malaysian cricket player Arul Swami (1913–1997), Indian long-distance runner

Surname F. V. Arul (1917-2006), Indian police officer Noel Arul (1930–1993), Malaysian field hockey player

Others Arul (film), a 2004 Indian Tamil-language film starring Vikram Arul Nool, holy scripture of the Indian religion of Ayyavazhi