Meaning, origin and history of the name Abdullah

Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الله (see Abd Allah), as well as the regular form in several other languages.

VariantsAbd al-Ilah, Abd Allah, Abdallah, Abdulla (Arabic) Abdellah (Arabic (Maghrebi))

Other Languages & CulturesAbdulla (Azerbaijani) Abdulah, Avdo (Bosnian) Abdulla (Dhivehi) Abdullaahi (Fula) Abdullahi (Hausa) Abdulla (Kazakh) 'Ebdulla (Kurdish) Abdulla (Kyrgyz) Abdollah (Persian) Abdullahi, Cabdullaahi (Somali) Abdallah (Swahili) Abdullo, Abdulloh, Abdullohi (Tajik) Abdulla (Uyghur) Abdulla, Abdullo, Abdulloh (Uzbek) Abdoulaye (Western African)

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