Abdul Majid
ʻAbd al-Majīd, also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is a combination of the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Majīd, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-glorious". It is rendered in Turkish as Abdülmecid.
There is a distinct but closely related name, ʻAbd al-Mājid, with a similar meaning, formed on the Qur'anic name al-Mājid. Some of the names below are instance of the latter one.
'Abd al-Majid may refer to:
Males
Given name
- 'Abd al-Majid Nimer Zaghmout, Palestinian imprisoned in Syria
- Abdelmajid Djae, Comorian footballer
- Abdelmadjid Mada, Algerian runner
- Abdelmadjid Tahraoui, Algerian footballer
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun, Moroccan novelist, journalist and ambassador
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (historian), Moroccan author, historian and poet
- Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Algerian footballer
- Abdelmajid Bouyboud, Moroccan footballer
- Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisian footballer
- Abdul Majid Chowdhury, Bengali educationist
- Abdelmajid Dahoumane, Algerian alleged terrorist
- Abdelmajid Dolmy, Moroccan footballer
- Abdelmajid Eddine, Moroccan footballer
- Abd el-Majid Hidr, original name of Amos Yarkoni, Israeli Arab soldier
- Abdelmajid Oulmers, Moroccan footballer
- Abdelmajid Saleh, Lebanese politician
- Abdel Meguid Amir, Egyptian basketball player
- Abdul Majeed Mahir, Maldivian political activist
- Abdol Majid Majidi, Iranian politician
- Abdol Majid Mirza, Qajar prince and Prime Minister of Iran
- Abdol Majid Taleqani, Iranian calligrapher
- Abdul Madzhid (Dagestan rebel), leader in the Second Chechen War
- Abdul Majeed (cricketer, born 1993), Pakistani cricketer
- Abdul Majeed (Kalat cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi prince
- Abdul Majeed Didi, Sultan of the Maldives
- Abdul Majeed Khwaja, Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformer and freedom fighter
- Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, Yemeni academic and politician
- Abdul Majid (physicist), Pakistani astrophysicist
- Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Indian Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an
- Abdulmajid Dostiev, Tajik diplomat
- Abdul Majid Giaka, Libyan double-agent for the CIA
- Abdul Majid Hassan, Sultan of Brunei
- Abdul [Majid Khan (detainee)|Abdul Majid Khan], Afghan held in Bagram
- Abdul-Majid al-Khoei, Iraqi Twelver cleric
- Abdul Majid Kubar, Libyan politician
- Abdul Majid Mahmoud, Pakistani held in Guantanamo
- Abdul Majid Muhammed, Iranian held in Guantanamo
- Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud, Libyan politician
- Abdul Majid Rouzi, Afghan soldier
- Abdul Majid Samim, Afghan politician
- Abdul Majid Zabuli, Afghan banker
- Abdülmecid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdülmecid II, Head of the Ottoman Imperial House and the final Ottoman Caliph
- Abdul Mejid (explorer), Anglo-Afghan mullah, merchant, and explorer of Central Asia
Surname
- Hussein 'Abd al-Majid, Iraqi, Saddam Hussein's father
- Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid, Palestinian politician
- Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, or just Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi politician
- Atif Abdelmageed
- Bassam Abdel Majeed, Syrian politician
- M. N. Abdul Majeed, Sri Lankan politician
- Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid, Egyptian diplomat
- Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, Pakistani nuclear physicist
- Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid, Pakistani politician
- Chaudhry Abdul Majid, Pakistani Kashmiri politician
- Munshi Abdul Majid, Afghan politician
- S. M. Abdul Majid, Indian politician
- Syed Abdul Majid, Bengali lawyer, politician and entrepreneur
- Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi, Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer
- Tun Habib Abdul Majid, Bendahara of the Johor Sultanate
- Tunku Abdul Majid, Tunku Bendahara of Johor
Females
- Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, or Iman (model),, Somali-American model, actress and entrepreneur
- Asia Abdelmajid, Sudanese actress