Abdullah

See also: Abdu'llah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æbˈdʌlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌlə, -ʊlə
• Hyphenation: Ab‧dul‧lah

Proper noun

Abdullah

1. A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Amatullah; variant forms 'Abd Allah, Abd Allah, Abd' Ulah, Abd-Allah, Abdalah, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdu'llah, Abdulah, Abdulla, ʻAbd Allāh.
2. A surname from Arabic.

Usage notes

• A common Islamic name that is favored because it indicates servitude and humility before God. According to a hadith, "The most beloved of your names to Allah, the Mighty and Magnificent, are ‘Abdullah’ and ‘Abdur-Rahman’ (servant of the Most Merciful)". The name was also a favorite of the prophet Muhammad.

Translations

Muslim given name

• Afrikaans: Abdoella
• Albanian: Abdullah
• Amharic: አብዱላህ (ʾäbdulah)
• Arabic: عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ar) m (ʕabdu llāh)
• Armenian: Աբդուլա (Abdula), Աբդուլլահ (Abdullah)
• Azerbaijani: Əbdullah, Abdulla
• Bashkir: Ғабдулла (Ğabdulla), Абдулла (Abdulla)
• Bengali: আবদুল্লাহ (abdullah), আব্দুল্লাহ (bn) (abdullah)
• Bulgarian: Абдуллах (Abdullah), Абдулла (Abdulla)
• Burmese: အဗ္ဗဒူလာ (abba.dula)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿卜杜拉 (zh) (Ābǔdùlā), 阿布杜拉 (Ābùdùlā), 阿不都拉 (Ābùdūlā)

• Chuvash: Аптулла (Aptulla), Айтул (Ajt̬ul)
• Czech: Abdulláh
• Danish: Abdullah
• Dutch: Abdoella
• Finnish: Abdullah
• French: Abdullah (fr) m, Abdallah (fr), Abdoullah m
• Georgian: აბდულა (abdula)
• German: Abdulla m
• Greek: Αμπντουλάχ (el) m (Ampntoulách), Αμπντουλλάχ (el) m (Ampntoullách)
• Gujarati: અબ્દુલ્લા (abdullā)
• Hausa: Abdullahi
• Hebrew: עבדאללה
• Hindi: अब्दुल्ला m (abdullā), अब्दुल्लाह m (abdullāh)
• Hungarian: Abdullah
• Igbo: Abdullah
• Indonesian: Abdullah
• Irish: Abdullah
• Italian: Abdullah
• Japanese: アブドラ (Abudora)
• Kannada: ಅಬ್ದುಲ್ಲಾ (abdullā)
• Kazakh: Абдолла (Abdolla), Абдуллаһ (Abdullah), Абдулла (Abdulla), Абдұлла (Abdūlla), Абдұллаһ (Abdūllah), Ғабдола (Ğabdola), Ғабдолла (Ğabdolla), Ғабдула (Ğabdula), Ғабдулла (Ğabdulla), Ғабдуллаһ (Ğabdullah), Ғабдұла (Ğabdūla), Ғабдұлла (Ğabdūlla), Ғабдұллаһ (Ğabdūllah), Қабдолла (Qabdolla), Қабдула (Qabdula), Қабдулла (Qabdulla), Қабдұла (Qabdūla), Қабдұлла (Qabdūlla)
• Khmer: អាប់ឌុលឡា (ʼapdullaa)
• Korean: 압둘라 (Apdulla)
• Kyrgyz: Абдулла (Abdulla)
• Lao: ອັບ​ດຸນ​ລາ (ʼap dun lā)
• Macedonian: Абдуллах m (Abdullah)
• Malagasy: Abdullah (mg)
• Malay: Abdullah (ms)
• Malayalam: അബ്ദുള്ള (abduḷḷa)
• Mandingo:

  Mandinka: Abdoulie

• Marathi: अब्दुल्ला m (abdullā)
• Mongolian: Абдулла (Abdulla)
• Nepali: अब्दुल्लाह (abdullāha), अब्दुल्ला (abdullā)
• Norwegian: Abdullah (no)
• Odia: ଅବଦୁଲ୍ଲା (abadullā)
• Oromo: Abdullah
• Pashto: عبدالله ('abdullah)
• Persian: عبدالله (fa) ('abdollâh)
• Polish: Abdullah (pl) m
• Portuguese: Abdala, Abdula m
• Punjabi: ਅਬਦੁੱਲਾ (abadullā)
• Russian: Абдулла́ (ru) m (Abdullá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: Abdullah m, Abdulah m

• Sindhi: عبدالله ('abdullah)
• Sinhalese: අබ්දුල්ලා (abdullā)
• Slovak: Abdulláh
• Slovene: Abdullah
• Somali: Cabdille, Cabdilaahi
• Spanish: Abdullah, Abdullá
• Swahili: Abdullah
• Swedish: Abdullah (sv)
• Tagalog: Abdullah
• Tajik: Абдуллоҳ (Abdulloh)
• Tatar: Габдулла (Ğabdulla), Абдулла (Abdulla)
• Telugu: అబ్దుల్లా (abdullā)
• Thai: อับดุลลาห์ (àp-dul-laa), อับดุลเลาะห์ (àp-dul-lɔ́)
• Turkish: Abdullah (tr)
• Urdu: عبد اللہ ('abdu llāh)
• Uyghur: ئابدۇللا (ug) (abdulla)
• Uzbek: Abdulloh (uz)
• Vietnamese: Abdullah
• Welsh: Abdullah
• Wolof: Abdoullaye
• Yiddish: אַבדאַללאַ m (abdalla)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abdullah is the 4,272^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8,314 individuals. Abdullah is most common among Black (51.36%), White (24.40%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (13.74%) individuals.

See also

• Abdul, Abdel

Further reading

• “Abdullah”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “Abdullah”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Abdullah”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Albanian

Proper noun

Abdullah m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Abdullah

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Abdullah	Abdullahu
accusative		Abdullahun
dative/ablative	Abdullahu	Abdullahut

References

• Marina Dražić, Ivana Antić, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 7

Malay

Proper noun

Abdullah (Jawi spelling عبد الله)

1. a male given name from Arabic

Turkish

Alternative forms

• Aptullah

Etymology

From Arabic عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh).

Proper noun

Abdullah

1. a male given name from Arabic

Derived terms

• Apo