'Abdullah
 ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Abdallah was one of the most famous bearers of this name. | |
| Pronunciation | [ʕɑbˈdɑl.lɑ, ʕæb-, -ˈdel.læ, ʕæbdʊlˈɫɑː(h)] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Servant of the God |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Abdallah |
Abd Allah (Arabic: عبد الله, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh), also transliterated as Abdullah or Abdallah is an Arabic name meaning 'Servant of God'. It is built from the Arabic words ʿAbd and Allah. The first letter a in Allah in its native pronunciation is unstressed, and is elided following another vowel; in the case of Abdu-llah this is the -u of the Classical Arabic nominative case. It is one of many Arabic theophoric names, meaning servant of God. God's Follower is also a meaning of this name.
Humility before God is an essential value of Islam, hence Abdullah is a common name among Muslims. However, the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's father was Abdullah. The prophet's father died before his birth, which indicates that the name was already in use in pre-Islamic Arabia.
It is also common among Mizrahi Jews, especially Iraqi Jews and Syrian Jews. The name is cognate to and has the same meaning as the Hebrew Abdiel and, more commonly, Obadiah. There were two Jewish Rabbis in Medina before Islam came; they were Abdullah ibn Salam and Abdullah ibn Shuria. Abdullah ibn Saba was a Yemenite Jew during the spread of Islam.
The variant used in the Russian language is "Абдулла́" (Abdulla) (cf. Fedul, which has similar origins), with "Абду́л" (Abdul) and "Габдулла́" (Gabdulla) often used in Adyghe.[1] The Spanish variant is Abdala.
The Christian Arabic Bible uses the word Allah for God. Presently in the Middle East, the name is sometimes used by Christians, as a given or family name.[2]
Given name[]
Abd Allah[]
- Abd Allah ibn Abd Allah, companion of Muhammad
- Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr, son of caliph Abu Bakr
- Abd Allah ibn Saba, Jewish anti-Rashidun rebel
- Abd Allah ibn Salam, Jewish convert to Islam
- Abd Allah ibn Ubayy (died 631), leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad
- Abd Allah ibn Umar (610–693 CE), narrator of hadith
- Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, (died 692), ruler of the 8th-century Zubayrid Caliphate
- Abd Allah ibn Yazid, an Umayyad prince and Military leader
- Abd Allah ibn Harun al-Rashid (died 833 CE), better known by his regnal name al-Ma'mun, seventh Abbasid caliph
- Abd-Allah ibn Musa al-Hadi, an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph Al-Hadi
Abdalla[]
- Abdalla El-Masri, Lebanese composer
- Abdalla Hamdok, most recent Sudanese president, who was deposed in a coup
Abdallah[]
- Abdallah al-Adil (1224–1227), Caliph of Morocco
- Abdallah Aich (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
- Abdallah Abdalsalam Ahmed Bekhit (b. 1983), Egyptian volleyball player
- Abdallah Djaballah (born 1956), Algerian politician
- Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986), former Lebanese Prime Minister
- Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908) leading Arabic poet
- Abdallah Somekh (1813–1889), Iraqi rabbi
- Abdallah Shihiri, foreign minister of the Somali Dervish movement
- Abdallah ibn Sa'd
- Abdallah ibn Amir
- Abdallah ibn Abdallah al-Ma'mun, was the son of Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun (r. 813—833) and princess Umm Isa.
- Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph Al-Mu'tasim
- Abdallah Mostafa
Abdelilah[]
- Abdelilah Saber (born 1974), Moroccan association football player
Abdellah[]
- Abdellah Béhar (born 1963), French runner
- Abdellah Blinda (born 1951), Moroccan association football manager
- Abdellah Liegeon (born 1957), Algerian association football player
- Abdellah Ouzghar, Canadian and Moroccan, arrested after attacks of Sept 11, 2001
Abdollah[]
- Abdollah Jassbi, Iranian academic
- Abdollah Mojtabavi, Iranian sport wrestler
- Abdollah Movahed, Iranian sport wrestler
- Abdollah Nouri, Iranian reformist politician
- Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Iranian academic
- Abdollah Shahbazi, Iranian researcher
Abdulai[]
- Abdulai Bell-Baggie, English association football player
- Abdulai Conteh, Sierra Leonean politician
- Abdulai Seidu, Ghanaian association football player
Abdulah[]
- Abdulah Gegić (1924–2008), Yugoslav football coach and doctor of sciences in the veterinary field
- Abdulah Ibraković, Bosnian professional football manager
- Abdulah Muhasilović, Bosnian army chaplain
- Abdulah Mutapčić, Bosnian politician
- Abdulah Nakaš (1944–2005), Bosnian surgeon
- Abdulah Oruč, Bosnian professional football manager
- Abdulah Sidran, Bosnian poet
- Abdulah Skaka, Bosnian politician
Abdullah[]
- Abdullah I (disambiguation), multiple rulers
- Abdullah II (disambiguation), multiple rulers
- Abdullah (Chagatai Khanate) (died 1359), ruler of the Chagatai
- Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary), first Ismaili, Fatimid, mustaali saint to reach India, c. 1067 AD
- Abdullah ibn Abbas, narrator of hadith
- Abdullah Abdullah (born 1960), the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
- Abdullah al-Amiri, judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias
- Abdullah Anderson (born 1996), American football player
- Abdullah Atalar (born 1954), Turkish academic
- Abdullah Avcı (born 1963), Turkish association football manager
- Abdullah Aydoğdu (born 1991), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941–1989), Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (born 1939), Prime Minister of Malaysia (2003–2009)
- Abdullah el Baqui (1886-1952), Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician
- Abdullah Baybaşin, Turkish mob boss
- Abdullah Bishara (born 1936), Kuwaiti diplomat
- Abdullah Bughra, Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
- Abdullah Cevdet, Turkish physician
- Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish convicted drug trafficker
- Abdullah Al Damluji, Iraqi physician and politician
- Abdullah Demirbaş (born 1966), Turkish politician
- Abdullah Durak (born 1987), Turkish association football player
- Abdullah Ercan (born 1971), Turkish association football player
- Abdullah Gül (born 1950), President of the Republic of Turkey
- Abdullah Halman (born 1987), Turkish association football player
- Abdullah bin Suleiman Al Hamdan (1887–1965), Saudi Arabian politician and businessman
- Abdullah al-Harari, Islamic scholar
- Abdullah I of Jordan (1882–1951), Emir of Transjordan (1921-1946) and King of Jordan (1946-1951)
- Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962), King of Jordan since 1999
- Abdullah İçel, Turkish-Belgian futsal player
- Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), early 19th century Malay writer
- Abdullah Khadr, Canadian ex-prisoner of the "War on Terror"
- Abdullah Khan (disambiguation), multiple people
- Abdullah Kobayashi, born Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
- Abdullah al Mahmood, Bengali politician and former minister in Pakistan
- Abdullah Malallah, Emirati association football player
- Abdullah al Mamun (disambiguation), multiple people
- Abdullah Mando, Syrian footballer
- Abdullah ibn Masud (died 652), a companion of Muhammad
- Abdullah Mirza (1410–1451), ruler of the Timurid Empire
- Abdullah Morsi, son of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
- Abdullah Muhammad Shah II of Perak, one of the parties to the Pangkor Treaty of 1874
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (545–570), the father of Muhammad
- Abdullah Abbas Nadwi, Islamic scholar
- Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirati politician
- Abdullah Nangyal, Pashtun human rights activist and one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Abdullah Oğuz, Turkish film director
- Abdullah Öcalan (born 1948), Kurdish opposition leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party
- Abdullah Öztürk (born 1989), Turkish para table tennis player
- Abdullah of Pahang (b. 1959), King of Malaysia and Sultan of Pahang
- Abdullah Al Rasi (1929–1994), Lebanese physician and politician
- Abdullah ibn Rawaha (C. 590–629), general in the Battle of Mut'ah
- Abdullah bin Saud (died 1818), Ruler of the First Saudi State
- Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud (1831–1889), Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah
- Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923–2007), Saudi royal and businessman
- Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924–2015), Former ruler of Saudi Arabia
- Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Sheikh (1751–1829), Wahhabi scholar
- Abdullah Elyasa Süme (born 1983), Turkish association football player
- Abdullah Tal (1918-1973), Jordanian soldier
- Abdullah Al Thani (disambiguation), multiple people
- Abdullah al-Rumi, a 12th-century Greek slave and father of Banafsha bint Abdullah
- Ovadia Yosef (1920-2013), Israeli rabbi, born Abdullah Youssef
Surname[]
Abdalla[]
- Ahmad Abdalla, Egyptian film director
- Ali Abdalla, Eritrean long-distance runner
- Asha Ahmed Abdalla, Somali politician
- Khalid Abdalla, British actor
Abdallah[]
- Sallamah Umm Abdallah, was the spouse of Muhammad ibn Ali and mother of Al-Mansur.
- Marajil also known as Umm Abdallah. She was the mother of Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun.
- Abu Makhlad Abdallah, Iranian statesman from Tabaristan
- Ali al-Abdallah, Syrian writer and human rights activist
- Gene G. Abdallah (1934–2019), American politician
- Mohamed Abdallah (born Nov 1975), British citizen with African origin, A Chartered Accountant with ACCA and CPA(T)
Abdellah[]
- Faye Glenn Abdellah (born 1919), American nurse
- Nacer Abdellah (born 1966), Moroccan footballer
Abdulah[]
- Clive Abdulah (born 1926), former Bishop of Trinidad
Abdullah[]
- Abdul Abdullah (born 1986), Australian artist, brother of artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah
- Abdul Rahman Abdullah, Muslim name of Donny Meluda, armed robber
- Abdul-Rahman Abdullah (born 1977), Australian artist, brother of artist Abdul Abdullah
- Abdullah Abdullah (born 1960), former foreign minister of Afghanistan
- Adel Abdullah (born 1984), Syrian association football player
- Ameer Abdullah (born 1993), American football running back
- Bilal Abdullah (born 1980), British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
- Husain Abdullah (born 1985), American football safety for the Minnesota Vikings
- Khalid Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
- Majed Abdullah (born 1959), former Saudi Arabian footballer
- Mohamed Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
- Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 1989), Turkish actress
- Mohammed Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
- Muhammad Kho Abdullah (1984–2016), Muslim name of Kho Jabing, convicted Malaysian killer
- Nadhem Abdullah, Iraqi murdered during the Occupation of Iraq
- Omar Abdullah (born 1970), last Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- Rahim Abdullah (born 1976), former American football player
- Raja Abdullah bin Raja Jaafar, a participant in the Klang War
- Salem Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
- Salwa Abdullah (born 1953), Syrian politician
- Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- Tewfik Abdullah (born 1896), Egyptian footballer
Fictional characters[]
- Abdul Alhazred, sometimes referred to as Abdullah Alhazred
- Abdullah (comics), from The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
- Abdullah the Butcher, born Lawrence Shreve, Canadian wrestler
- Abdullah ibn al-Wahhab from the Amelia Peabody series, foreman for the Emerson family's archeological excavation sites
- Abdullah, main protagonist of Castle in the Air, the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle
See also[]
Related names[]
- Abdala
- Abdollah (disambiguation)
- Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Abdullah I (disambiguation)
- Abdullah II (disambiguation)
- Abdullah Al Mamun (disambiguation)
- Abdullah Khan (disambiguation)
- Abdullah Al Thani (disambiguation)
- Abdullahi
- Abu Abdullah
- Khalid Abdullah (disambiguation)
- King Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Mohamed Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Mohammed Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Raja Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Salem Abdullah (disambiguation)
Other[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Superanskaya, p. 20
- ^ MCEACHEN, BEN (January 28, 2021). "LEILA ABDALLAH: 'IF IT WASN'T FOR MY FAITH, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING WHERE I AM TODAY". Retrieved January 31, 2021.
Sources[]
- А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
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