Abdullah (name)

Abdullah
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʕabˈdɑllɑ], [ʕabdullaː] Egyptian Arabic: [ʕɑbˈdɑllɑ], [ʕæbˈdellæ] Turkish: [abduɫˈɫɑ]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Servant of God
Other names
Variant form(s)	Abd Allah, Abdala, Abdalla, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdilla, Abdollah, Abdulah, Abdulai, Abdulla

Abdullah or Abdallah is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: عبد الله‎, built from the Arabic words Abd and Allah (Allah itself composed of al- and Ilah). The first letter a in al-Ilah in its native pronunciation is often unstressed and commonly transliterated by u, a stressed a is often used as well, although any vowel can also be used. It is one of many Arabic theophoric names, meaning slave of Allah.

Humility before Allah is an essential value of Islam, hence Abdullah is a common name among Muslims. It is common among Arabic-speaking Jews, especially Iraqi Jews. The feminine equivalent is Amatullah. The name is cognate to and has the same meaning as the Hebrew Abdiel and, more commonly, Obadiah. The name of the Jewish Rabbi in Medina before Islam came was Abdullah Ibn Saba. The word Allah existing in the Arabic Talmud and other Jewish scriptures.

Also, the Christian Arabic Bible at that time and still does, use the word Allah for God. Presently in the Middle East, Christians sometimes name their children, and use as a family name, Abdallah. The use of this name is perhaps attributed to the passage in Matthew 25:14-30 which refers to the parable of the talents and the three servants. The parable praises the good servants and could have led to the use of the name Abdullah among Arab Christians. Furthermore, the father of the prophet Muhammad was named Abdullah. A Hispanicized version of the name is Abdala or Abdalá.

Given name

• ‘Abdullah (Chagatai Khanate) (died 1359), ruler of the Chagatai
• ‘Abdullah (Timurid) (1410–1451), ruler of the Timurid Empire
• Abdullah I of Jordan (1882–1951), Jordanian king
• Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962), Current King of Jordan
• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born 1924), King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), an early 19th century Malay writer
• Abdullah Abdullah (born 1960), the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
• Abdallah al-Adil (1224–1227), Caliph of Morocco
• Abdalla Ahmed, Egyptian volleyball player
• Abdullah al-Amiri, a judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias
• Abdullah Atalar (born 1954), Turkish academic
• Abdullah Avcı (born 1963), Turkish football manager
• Abdalá Bucaram, Ecuadoran president 1996-1997
• Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941–1989), an Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (born 1939), the former prime minister of Malaysia
• Abdulai Bell-Baggie, English footballer
• Abdullah Baybaşin, Turkish mob boss
• Abdellah Béhar (born 1963), French runner
• Abdellah Blinda (born 1951), Moroccan football manager
• Abdullah Bughra, Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
• Abdullah the Butcher, born Lawrence Shreve, Canadian wrestler
• Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish convicted drug trafficker
• Abdullah Cevdet, Turkish physician
• Abdulai Conteh, Sierra Leonean politician
• Abdollah Davami, Iranian musician
• Abdullah Demirbaş (born 1966), Turkish politician
• Abdallah Djaballah (born 1956), Algerian politician
• Abdullah Doğan, Turkish-Belgian futsal player
• Abdullah Durak (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Abdullah Ercan (born 1971), Turkish footballer
• Abdala Faye, Senegalese sculptor
• Abdullah Gegić (1924–2008), Yugoslav football coach who also had Turkish citizenship
• Abdullah Gül (born 1950), President of the Republic of Turkey
• Abdullah Halman (born 1987), Turkish footballer
• Abdullah al-Harari, Islamic scholar
• Abdullah İçel, Turkish-Belgian futsal player
• Abdollah Jassbi, Iranian academic
• Abdullah Khadr, Canadian associated with terrorism
• Abdullah Kobayashi, born Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
• Abdellah Liegeon (born 1957), Algerian footballer
• Abdullah Malallah, Emirati footballer
• Abdalla El-Masri, Lebanese composer
• Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (died 652), a companion of Muhammad, also known as Abdullaah ibn Mas’ud
• Abdollah Mojtabavi, Iranian sport wrestler
• Abdollah Movahed, Iranian sport wrestler
• Abdullah Muhasilović, Yugoslav army chaplain
• Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib (545–570), the father of Muhammad
• Abdullah Abbas Nadwi, Islamic scholar
• Abdullah Nakaš (1944–2005), Bosnian surgeon
• Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirati politician
• Abdollah Nouri, Iranian reformist politician
• Abdullah Öcalan (born 1948), Kurdish opposition leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party
• Abdullah Oğuz, Turkish film director
• Abdellah Ouzghar, Canadian and Moroccan, arrested after attacks of Sept 11, 2001
• Abdullah Palić (1958–1995), Bosnian military officer during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Abu Bakr (573–634), also known as ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Quhaf
• Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Iranian academic
• `Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, general in the Battle of Mut'ah
• Abdelilah Saber (born 1974), Moroccan footballer
• Abdullah ibn Saud (died 1818), fourth and last leader of what later became known as the First Saudi State
• Abdulai Seidu, Ghanaian footballer
• Abdollah Shahbazi, Iranian researcher
• Abdullah Sidran (born 1944), Bosnian writer and poet
• Abdallah Somekh (1813-1889), Iraqi rabbi
• Abdullah Elyasa Süme (born 1983), Turkish footballer
• Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatari politician
• Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani, Qatari politician
• Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari politician
• Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani (Sharjah), United Arab Emirati politician
• Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (died 631), leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad
• Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844–912), seventh Emir of Córdoba
• Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986), former Lebanese Prime Minister
• Ovadia Yosef (born 1920), Israeli rabbi, born Abdullah Youssef

Surname

• Adel Abdullah, Syrian footballer
• Ahmad Abdalla, Egyptian film director
• Alberto Abdala, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Vice President 1967-1972
• Ali Abdalla, Eritrean long-distance runner
• Ali al-Abdallah, Syrian writer and human rights activist
• Bilal Abdullah, British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
• Edílson Abdala Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• Edgardo Abdala, Chilean-Palestinian footballer
• Faye Glenn Abdellah (born 1919), American nurse
• Husain Abdullah, American football safety for the Minnesota Vikings
• Khalid Abdalla, British actor
• Majed Abdullah, former Saudi Arabian footballer
• Mohamed Abdullah, Egyptian footballer
• Nacer Abdellah (born 1966), Moroccan footballer
• Nadhem Abdullah, Iraqi murdered during the Occupation of Iraq
• Pablo Abdala, Argentine-Palestinian footballer
• Rahim Abdullah, former American football player
• Salem Abdullah, Emirati footballer
• Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, Prime Minister of Kashmir
• Tewfik Abdullah, Egyptian footballer

Fictional characters

• Abdul Alhazred, sometimes referred to as Abdullah Alhazred
• Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab and Abdullah, The Adventures of Tintin characters

See also

• Abdullah (disambiguation)
• Abdullahi
• Arabic name
• Dasa
• Turkish name

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