Abdullah (name)
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| Gender | Male |
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| Language(s) | Arabic |
Abdullah is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: عبد الله, 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. In particular, the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's father was Abdullah.
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 word Allah exists in the Arabic Talmud[citation needed] unless its Arabia.
The variant used in the Russian language is "Абдулла́" (Abdulla) (cf. , 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.
Given name[]
Abd-Allah[]
- Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (died 631), leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad
- Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
- Abd Allah ibn Harun al-Rashid, better known by his regnal name al-Ma'mun was the seventh Abbasid caliph, who reigned from 813 until his death in 833 CE.
- Abd Allah ibn Yazid
Abdala[]
- Abdalá Bucaram, Ecuadorian president 1996–1997
- Abdala Faye, Senegalese sculptor
Abdalla[]
- Abdalla El-Masri, Lebanese composer
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 was an Abbasid Prince, the son of the caliph al-Mu'tazz was a political figure, but is better known as a leading Arabic poet and the author of the Kitab al-Badi, an early study of Arabic forms of poetry. This is considered one of the earliest works in Arabic literary theory and literary criticism.[2]
- Abdallah Somekh (1813–1889), Iraqi rabbi
- Abdallah Shihiri, foreign minister of the SomaliDervish movement and a close advisor to SayyidMohamed Abdullah Hassan
- Abdallah ibn Sa'd
- Abdallah ibn Amir
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 Abbas Nadwi, Islamic scholar
- Abdullah ibn Abbas, narrator of hadith
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (545–570), the father of Muhammad
- Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), early 19th century Malay writer
- 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 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 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 (b. 1939), Prime Minister of Malaysia (2003–2009)
- Abdullah el Baqui (1886-1952), Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician
- Abdullah Baybaşin, Turkish mob boss
- 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 Elyasa Süme (born 1983), 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 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 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 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 ibn Rawaha (C. 590–629), general in the Battle of Mut'ah
- Abdullah bin Saud (died 1818), fourth and last leader of what later became known as the First Saudi State
- Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924–2015), King of Saudi Arabia
- Abdullah Tal (1918-1973), Jordanian soldier
- Abdullah Al Thani (disambiguation), multiple people
- Abdullah ibn Uthman (573–634), better known as Abu Bakr, the companion of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as the first of the Caliphs
- Abdullah ibn Umar, narrator of hadith
- Ovadia Yosef (1920-2013), Israeli rabbi, born Abdullah Youssef
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
- 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
- , Yemeni athlete in the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
- , American basketball player in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
- Abdul Rahman Abdullah, Muslim name of Donny Meluda, armed robber
- (born 1977), Australian artist, brother of 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
- 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[]
- Gottschalk
- Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Abdollah (disambiguation)
- King Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Abdullah I (disambiguation)
- Abdullah II (disambiguation)
- Abdullah Al Mamun (disambiguation)
- Abdullah Khan (disambiguation)
- Abdullah Al Thani (disambiguation)
- Abu Abdullah
- Khalid Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Mohamed Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Mohammed Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Raja Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Salem Abdullah (disambiguation)
- Abdullahi
- Arabic name
- Dasa
- Turkish name
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Superanskaya, p. 20
- ^ van Gelder, G. J. H. (1982), Beyond the Line: Classical Arabic Literary Critics on the Coherence and Unity of the Poem, Brill Publishers, p. 2, ISBN 90-04-06854-6
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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