Abdullah (name)
Abdullah, also spelled Abdallah, Abdhullah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic theophoric name meaning servant of God or "God's follower". It is built from the Arabic words ʿabd and Allāh.
Although the first letter "a" in Allāh, as the first letter of the article al-, is usually unstressed in Arabic, it is usually stressed in the pronunciation of this name. The variants Abdollah and Abdullah represent the elision of this "a" following the "u" of the Classical Arabic nominative case.
Humility before God is an essential value of Islam, hence Abdullah is a common name among Muslims. The name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's father was Abdullah. As the prophet's father died before his birth, this indicates that the name was already in use in pre-Islamic Arabia.
It is also common among Mizrahi Jews and Sephardic Jews, especially Iraqi Jews and Syrian Jews. Among the latter, the name holds historical significance in Sephardic communities, particularly those from Aleppo, Syria, where the variant "Abdalla" was traditionally used as a surname. The name is cognate to, and has the same meaning as, the Hebrew Abdiel, Obadiah and also, Ovadia. A notable bearer was Abdallah Somekh, who was an influential Sephardic rabbi in Ottoman Iraq. Two Jewish rabbis were present in Medina before the advent of Islam: Abdullah ibn Salam and Abdullah ibn Saba. Ovadia Yosef, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, was born Abdalla Youssef.
The variant used in the Russian language is "Абдулла́" , with "Абду́л" and "Габдулла́" often used in Adyghe. The Spanish variant is Abdala. The Turkic Tatar language spells it as Ğabdulla.
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.
Given name
Abd Allah
- Abd Allah ibn Muhammad, son of Muhammad
- Abd Allah ibn Uthman, son of third caliph Uthman
- Abd Allah ibn Abd Allah, companion of Muhammad
- Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr, son of caliph Abu Bakr
- Abd Allah ibn Saba, Jewish anti-Rashidun rebel
- Abd Allah ibn Salam, Jewish companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Abd Allah ibn Ubayy, leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad
- Abd Allah ibn Umar, narrator of hadith
- Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr,, ruler of the 8th-century Zubayrid Caliphate
- Abd Allah ibn Yazid, an Umayyad prince and Military leader
- Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian muhaddith
Abdalla
- Abdalla El-Masri, Lebanese composer
- Abdalla Hamdok, most recent Sudanese president, who was deposed in a coup
- Ovadia Yosef, Israeli rabbi, born Abdalla Youssef
Abdallah
- Abdallah Somekh, Iraqi Sephardic rabbi
- Abdallah Abdalsalam, Egyptian volleyball player
- Abdallah al-Adil, Caliph of Morocco
- Abdallah Aich, Lebanese footballer
- Abdallah ibn Amir, Rashidun politician and military officer
- Abdallah Bou Habib, Lebanese diplomat
- Abdallah Djaballah, Algerian politician
- Abdallah Al-Fakhouri, Jordanian footballer
- Abdallah Kamal, Egyptian journalist and politician
- Abdallah El Maaroufi, Moroccan diplomat
- Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Arab poet
- Abdallah Saaf, Moroccan academic and politician
- Abdallah ibn Sa'd, Arab administrator and commander
- Abdallah Shihiri, politician of the Somali Dervish movement
- Abdallah El-Yafi, Lebanese politician
- Abdallah al-Fadil al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician
Abdelilah
- Abdelilah Saber, Moroccan association football player
Abdellah
- Abdellah Béhar, French runner
- Abdellah Blinda, Moroccan association football manager
- Abdellah Liegeon, Algerian association football player
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
- Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia, Iranian Cleric
- Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, Iranian Cleric
Abdulai
- Abdulai Bell-Baggie, English association football player
- Abdulai Conteh, Sierra Leonean politician
Abdulah
- Abdulah Gegić, 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, Bosnian surgeon
- Abdulah Oruč, Bosnian professional football manager
- Abdulah Sidran, Bosnian poet
- Abdulah Skaka, Bosnian politician
Abdullah
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the father of Muhammad
- Abdullah , ruler of the Chagatai
- Abdullah, first Ismaili, Fatimid, mustaali saint to reach India, c. 1067 AD
- Abdullah ibn Abbas, narrator of hadith
- Abdullah Abdullah, the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
- Abdullah al-Amiri, judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
- Abdulla Aripov, Prime minister of Uzbekistan
- Abdullah Tahir, Ethiopian-Yemeni governor
- Abdullah Anderson, American football player
- Abdullah Atalar, Turkish academic
- Abdullah Avcı, Turkish association football manager
- Abdullah Aydoğdu, Turkish Paralympian goalball player
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Abdullah el Baqui, Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician
- Abdullah Baybaşin, Turkish mob boss
- Abdullah Bishara, Kuwaiti diplomat
- Abdullah Bughra, Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
- Abdullah Cevdet, Turkish physician
- Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish secret government agent
- Abdullah Al Damluji, Iraqi physician and politician
- Abdullah Demirbaş, Turkish politician
- Abdullah Durak, Turkish association football player
- Abdullah Ercan, Turkish association football player
- Abdullah Franji, Palestinian politician and Fatah member
- Abdullah Gül, Turkish politician and 11th President of Turkey
- Abdullah Halman, Turkish association football player
- Abdullah bin Suleiman Al Hamdan, Saudi Arabian politician and businessman
- Abdullah Hanafi, Bruneian administrator
- Abdullah al-Harari, Islamic scholar
- Abdullah Ilgaz, Turkish para-athlete
- Abdullah I of Jordan, Emir of Transjordan and King of Jordan
- Abdullah II of Jordan, King of Jordan since 1999
- Abdullah İçel, Turkish-Belgian futsal player
- Abdullah Abdul Kadir, early 19th century Malay writer
- Abdullah Kayapınar, Turkish Paralympian para powerlifter
- Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, ruler of Bahrain between 1821 and 1843
- Abdullah Khan , an Indian author and scriptwriter
- 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 , Bangladeshi playwright, actor, and filmmaker
- Abdullah Mando, Syrian footballer
- Abdullah ibn Masud, a companion of Muhammad
- Abdullah Mirza, 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 Abbas Nadwi, Indian Islamic scholar
- Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirati politician
- Abdullah Sani, Indonesian politician who was elected to serve as Vice Governor of Jambi
- Abdullah Nangyal, Pashtun human rights activist and one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
- Abdullah Al Noman, Bangladeshi politician
- Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Emirati engineer and politician
- Abdullah Oğuz, Turkish film director
- Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish opposition leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party
- Abdullah Omar Nasseef, Saudi chemist and geologist
- Abdullah Öztürk, Turkish para table tennis player
- Abdullah of Pahang, King of Malaysia and Sultan of Pahang
- Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid, founder of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Abdullah bin Ghazi, Pakistani religious scholar and founder of Faridia University, Islamabad
- Abdullah Al Rasi, Lebanese physician and politician
- Abdullah ibn Rawaha, general in the Battle of Mut'ah
- Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud, Ruler of the First Saudi State
- Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud , Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah
- Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud , Saudi royal and businessman
- Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud, Emir of Nejd
- Abdullah bin Abdullah Al Saud, Saudi royal
- Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Former ruler of Saudi Arabia
- Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Sheikh, Wahhabi scholar
- Abdullah Elyasa Süme, Turkish association football player
- Abdullah Tal, Jordanian soldier
- Abdullah al-Theni, Deputy Emir of Qatar and unofficial heir presumptive to the Emir of Qatar
- Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Sheikh, Head of Saudi religious establishment after Ibn Abd al-Wahhab died
- Abdullah Bukhari, 12th Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
- Abdullah Tuğluk, Turkish long-distance runner
- Abdullah Yorulmaz, Turkish para archer
Surname
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
- Alexander Abdallah, Swedish actor and filmmaker of Lebanese descent
- Ali al-Abdallah, Syrian writer and human rights activist
- Gene G. Abdallah, American politician
- Hamza Abdallah, Comorian footballer
- Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Lebanese communist militant serving a life sentence for complicity in murder
- Marajil also known as Umm Abdallah, mother of Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun.
- Mohammed ben Abdallah, , Ghanaian playwright
- Mohamed Abdallah, British citizen with African origin, A Chartered Accountant with ACCA and CPA
- Sallamah Umm Abdallah, was the spouse of Muhammad ibn Ali and mother of Al-Mansur.