Abdul

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Uzbek, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Scripts عبد ال(Arabic) عبدال(Urdu, Shahmukhi, Pashto) Абдул(Uzbek) আব্দুল(Bengali)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈʕab.dul/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

First part of compound Arabic names beginning with عبد ال (ʿAbd al) meaning "servant of the" (such as عبد العزيز (ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz) meaning "servant of the powerful").

Related Names

Rootʿabd
VariantsAbdel, Abdo, Abduh(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesObed(Biblical) Iobed, Obed(Biblical Greek) Oved(Biblical Hebrew) Obed(Biblical Latin) Oved(Hebrew) Abdou(Northern African) Abdou, Abdoul(Western African)
Surname DescendantsAbdel, Abdul(Arabic) Abdul(Pashto)

Popularity

People think this name is

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Entry updated October 6, 2024