Abd Allah (
Arabic: عبد الله,
romanized: ʻAbd Allāh), also spelled Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdullah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd (عبد) and Allāh (الله). 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 Arabicnominative case (pronounced [o] in
Persian). Abd Allah 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. However, the name of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad's father was
Abdullah. The prophet's father died before his birth, which indicates that the name was already in use in pre-Islamic Arabia.
The variant used in the
Russian language is "Абдулла́" (Abdulla) (cf.
Fedul, which has similar origins), with "Абду́л" (Abdul) and "Габдулла́" (Gabdulla) often used in
Adyghe.[1] The
Spanish variant is
Abdala.
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.[2]
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.
ISBN5-8112-1399-9
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Abd Allah (
Arabic: عبد الله,
romanized: ʻAbd Allāh), also spelled Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdullah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd (عبد) and Allāh (الله). 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 Arabicnominative case (pronounced [o] in
Persian). Abd Allah 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. However, the name of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad's father was
Abdullah. The prophet's father died before his birth, which indicates that the name was already in use in pre-Islamic Arabia.
The variant used in the
Russian language is "Абдулла́" (Abdulla) (cf.
Fedul, which has similar origins), with "Абду́л" (Abdul) and "Габдулла́" (Gabdulla) often used in
Adyghe.[1] The
Spanish variant is
Abdala.
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.[2]
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.
ISBN5-8112-1399-9
Name list
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.