Abd Allah

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts عبد الله(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ʕab.duɫ.ˈɫaːh/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "servant of Allah" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with الله (Allah). This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's father. He died before his son's birth.

Related Names

Rootsʿabd + Allah
VariantsAbd al-Ilah, Abdulla, Abdullah(Arabic) Abdellah(Arabic (Maghrebi))
Other Languages & CulturesAbdulla(Azerbaijani) Abdullah(Bengali) Abdulah(Bosnian) Abdulla(Dhivehi) Abdullaahi(Fula) Abdullahi(Hausa) Abdullah(Indonesian) Abdulla(Kazakh) 'Ebdulla(Kurdish) Abdulla(Kyrgyz) Abdullah(Malay) Abdollah(Persian) Cabdullaahi(Somali) Abdullo, Abdulloh, Abdullohi(Tajik) Abdullah(Turkish) Abdullah(Urdu) Abdulla(Uyghur) Abdulla, Abdullo, Abdulloh(Uzbek) Abdoulaye(Western African)
Surname DescendantAbdullah(Arabic)
User SubmissionAbdallah

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   strong   strange   serious  

Categories

fathers, Islam, religion, servitude, theophoric names
Entry updated October 6, 2024