Abdullah (name)

Abdullah (name)

Pronunciation | [ʕabduɫɫaːh] Berber: [ʕəbdəɫɫɑh] Egyptian Arabic: [ʕɑbˈdɑllɑ],[ʕæbˈdellæ] Persian: [a:bdullah] Turkish: [abduɫˈɫa] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Meaning | Servant of God |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Abd Allah, Abdala, Abdalá, Abdalla, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdilla, Abdollah, Abdul, Abdulah, Abdulai, Abdulla, Abdillahi, Gabdulla, Abdalle, Abdullahi |
Abdullah or Abdallah is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: عبد الله, built from the Arabic words Abd and Allah (Allah itself composed of Al- and Ilah). The first letter a in Al-Ilah 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. Gods Follower is also a meaning of this name. The feminine counterpart of this name is Amatullah.
Humility before God is an essential value of Islam, hence Abdullah is a common name among Muslims. In particular, the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's father was Abdullah.
It is also common among Arab Jews, especially Iraqi 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 word Allah exists in the Arabic Talmud and other Jewish scriptures.
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 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. The continued use of this name is perhaps attributed to the passage in Matthew 25:14-30 which refers to the parable of talents and the three servants. The parable praises the good servants.
Pronunciation | [ʕabduɫɫaːh] Berber: [ʕəbdəɫɫɑh] Egyptian Arabic: [ʕɑbˈdɑllɑ],[ʕæbˈdellæ] Persian: [a:bdullah] Turkish: [abduɫˈɫa] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Meaning | Servant of God |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Abd Allah, Abdala, Abdalá, Abdalla, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdilla, Abdollah, Abdul, Abdulah, Abdulai, Abdulla, Abdillahi, Gabdulla, Abdalle, Abdullahi |
Given name
Abd-Allah
Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib (545–570), the father of Muhammad
`Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, general in the Battle of Mut'ah
Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (died 652), a companion of Muhammad, also known as Abdullaah ibn Mas’ud
Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (died 631), leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
Abdala
Abdalá Bucaram, Ecuadorian president 1996–1997
Abdala Faye, Senegalese sculptor
Abdalla
Abdalla Ahmed, Egyptian volleyball player
Abdalla El-Masri, Lebanese composer
Abdallah
Abdallah al-Adil (1224–1227), Caliph of Morocco
Abdallah Djaballah (born 1956), Algerian politician
Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986), former Lebanese Prime Minister
Abdallah Somekh (1813–1889), Iraqi rabbi
Abdelilah
Abdelilah Saber (born 1974), Moroccan association football player
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
Abdullah
‘Abdullah (Chagatai Khanate) (died 1359), ruler of the Chagatai
‘Abdullah (Timurid) (1410–1451), ruler of the Timurid Empire
Abdullah Abbas Nadwi, Islamic scholar
Abdullah Abdullah (born 1960), the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (born 1939), the former prime minister of Malaysia
Abdullah al-Amiri, judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias
Abdullah al-Harari, Islamic scholar
Abdullah Atalar (born 1954), Turkish academic
Abdullah Avcı (born 1963), Turkish association football manager
Abdullah Aydoğdu (born 1991), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
Abdullah Baybaşin, Turkish mob boss
Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), early 19th century Malay writer
Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatari politician
Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani, Qatari politician
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari politician
Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani (Sharjah), United Arab Emirati politician
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirati politician
Abdullah Bughra, Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
Abdullah Cevdet, Turkish physician
Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish convicted drug trafficker
Abdullah Demirbaş (born 1966), Turkish politician
Abdullah Durak (born 1987), Turkish association football player
Abdullah el-Tell (1918-1973), Jordanian soldier
Abdullah Elyasa Süme (born 1983), Turkish association football player
Abdullah Ercan (born 1971), Turkish association football player
Abdullah Gegić (1924–2008), Yugoslav association football coach who also had Turkish citizenship
Abdullah Gül (born 1950), President of the Republic of Turkey
Abdullah Halman (born 1987), Turkish association football player
Abdullah I of Jordan (1882–1951), Jordanian king
Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962), Current King of Jordan
Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844–912), seventh Emir of Córdoba
Abdullah ibn Saud (died 1818), fourth and last leader of what later became known as the First Saudi State
Abdullah İçel, Turkish-Belgian futsal player
Abdullah Khadr, Canadian ex-prisoner of the "War on Terror"
Abdullah Kobayashi, born Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
Abdullah Malallah, Emirati association football player
Abdullah Mando, Syrian footballer
Abdullah Muhasilović, Yugoslav army chaplain
Abdullah Nakaš (1944–2005), Bosnian surgeon
Abdullah Nangyal, Pashtun human rights activist and one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924-2015), King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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 Palić (1958–1995), Bosnian military officer during the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abdullah Sidran (born 1944), Bosnian writer and poet
Abdullah the Butcher, born Lawrence Shreve, Canadian wrestler
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941–1989), Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989
Abu Bakr (573–634), also known as ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Quhaf
Ovadia Yosef (born 1920), Israeli rabbi, born Abdullah Youssef
Abdullah Hetler Anis (born 1997) Syrian young man who lived during the Syrian civil war (started 2011)
Surname
Abdala
Alberto Abdala, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Vice President 1967–1972
Carlos Abdala, Uruguayan politician and diplomat
Edílson Abdala Júnior, Brazilian footballer
Edgardo Abdala, Chilean-Palestinian footballer
Pablo Abdala, Argentine-Palestinian footballer
Washington Abdala, Uruguayan politician, lawyer, television pundit
Abdalla
Ahmad Abdalla, Egyptian film director
Ali Abdalla, Eritrean long-distance runner
Asha Ahmed Abdalla, Somali politician
Khalid Abdalla, British actor
Abdallah
Abu Makhlad Abdallah, Iranian statesman from Tabaristan
Ali al-Abdallah, Syrian writer and human rights activist
Abdellah
Faye Glenn Abdellah (born 1919), American nurse
Nacer Abdellah (born 1966), Moroccan footballer
Abdilla
A very common Maltese surname.
Abdullah
Adel Abdullah, Syrian association football player
Ameer Abdullah, American football running back
Bilal Abdullah, British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
Husain Abdullah, American football safety for the Minnesota Vikings
Majed Abdullah, former Saudi Arabian footballer
Mohamed Abdullah, Egyptian footballer
Nadhem Abdullah, Iraqi murdered during the Occupation of Iraq
Rahim Abdullah, former American football player
Salem Abdullah, Emirati footballer
Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, Prime Minister of Kashmir
Tewfik Abdullah, Egyptian footballer
Fictional characters
Abdul Alhazred, sometimes referred to as Abdullah Alhazred
Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab and Abdullah, from The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
Abdullah the Butcher, professional wrestler
Abdullah ibn al-Wahhab from the Amelia Peabody series, foreman for the Emerson family's archeological excavation sites
See also
Abdullah (disambiguation)
Abdullahi
Arabic name
Dasa
Turkish name