Proper Name guide

Abdullah

name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /æbˈdʌlə/
  • General-American: /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌlə
  • rhymes with -ʊlə
  • CMU ARPABET: AE2 B D AH1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Amatullah; variant forms 'Abd Allah, Abd Allah, Abd' Ulah, Abd-Allah, Abdalah, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdu'llah, Abdulah, Abdulla, ʻAbd Allāh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Arabic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.

Across languages

Translations

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Abdoella — Muslim given name
  • Albanian: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Amharic: አብዱላህ (ʾäbdulah) — Muslim given name
  • Arabic: عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh) — Muslim given name
  • Armenian: Աբդուլա (Abdula) — Muslim given name
  • Armenian: Աբդուլլահ (Abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Azerbaijani: Əbdullah — Muslim given name
  • Azerbaijani: Abdulla — Muslim given name
  • Bashkir: Ғабдулла (Ğabdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Bashkir: Абдулла (Abdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Bengali: আবদুল্লাহ (abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Bengali: আব্দুল্লাহ (abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Bulgarian: Абдуллах (Abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Bulgarian: Абдулла (Abdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Burmese: အဗ္ဗဒူလာ (abba.dula) — Muslim given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿卜杜拉 (Ābǔdùlā) — Muslim given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿布杜拉 (Ābùdùlā) — Muslim given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿不都拉 (Ābùdūlā) — Muslim given name
  • Chuvash: Аптулла (Aptulla) — Muslim given name
  • Chuvash: Айтул (Ajt̬ul) — Muslim given name
  • Czech: Abdulláh — Muslim given name
  • Danish: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Dutch: Abdoella — Muslim given name
  • Finnish: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • French: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • French: Abdallah — Muslim given name
  • French: Abdoullah — Muslim given name
  • Georgian: აბდულა (abdula) — Muslim given name
  • German: Abdulla — Muslim given name
  • Greek: Αμπντουλάχ (Ampntoulách) — Muslim given name
  • Greek: Αμπντουλλάχ (Ampntoullách) — Muslim given name
  • Gujarati: અબ્દુલ્લા (abdullā) — Muslim given name
  • Hausa: Abdullahi — Muslim given name
  • Hebrew: עבדאללה — Muslim given name
  • Hindi: अब्दुल्ला (abdullā) — Muslim given name
  • Hindi: अब्दुल्लाह (abdullāh) — Muslim given name
  • Hungarian: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Igbo: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Indonesian: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Irish: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Italian: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Japanese: アブドラ (Abudora) — Muslim given name
  • Kannada: ಅಬ್ದುಲ್ಲಾ (abdullā) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Абдолла (Abdolla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Абдуллаһ (Abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Абдулла (Abdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Абдұлла (Abdūlla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Абдұллаһ (Abdūllah) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдола (Ğabdola) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдолла (Ğabdolla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдула (Ğabdula) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдулла (Ğabdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдуллаһ (Ğabdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдұла (Ğabdūla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдұлла (Ğabdūlla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Ғабдұллаһ (Ğabdūllah) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Қабдолла (Qabdolla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Қабдула (Qabdula) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Қабдулла (Qabdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Қабдұла (Qabdūla) — Muslim given name
  • Kazakh: Қабдұлла (Qabdūlla) — Muslim given name
  • Khmer: អាប់ឌុលឡា (ʼapdullaa) — Muslim given name
  • Korean: 압둘라 (Apdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Kyrgyz: Абдулла (Abdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Lao: ອັບດຸນລາ (ʼap dun lā) — Muslim given name
  • Macedonian: Абдуллах (Abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Malagasy: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Malay: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Malayalam: അബ്ദുള്ള (abduḷḷa) — Muslim given name
  • Mandinka: Abdoulie — Muslim given name
  • Marathi: अब्दुल्ला (abdullā) — Muslim given name
  • Mongolian: Абдулла (Abdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Nepali: अब्दुल्लाह (abdullāha) — Muslim given name
  • Nepali: अब्दुल्ला (abdullā) — Muslim given name
  • Norwegian: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Odia: ଅବଦୁଲ୍ଲା (abadullā) — Muslim given name
  • Oromo: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Pashto: عبدالله ('abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Persian: عبدالله ('abdollâh) — Muslim given name
  • Polish: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Portuguese: Abdala — Muslim given name
  • Portuguese: Abdula — Muslim given name
  • Punjabi: ਅਬਦੁੱਲਾ (abadullā) — Muslim given name
  • Russian: Абдулла́ (Abdullá) — Muslim given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Abdulah — Muslim given name
  • Sindhi: عبدالله ('abdullah) — Muslim given name
  • Sinhalese: අබ්දුල්ලා (abdullā) — Muslim given name
  • Slovak: Abdulláh — Muslim given name
  • Slovene: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Somali: Cabdille — Muslim given name
  • Somali: Cabdilaahi — Muslim given name
  • Spanish: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Spanish: Abdullá — Muslim given name
  • Swahili: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Swedish: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Tagalog: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Tajik: Абдуллоҳ (Abdulloh) — Muslim given name
  • Tatar: Габдулла (Ğabdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Tatar: Абдулла (Abdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Telugu: అబ్దుల్లా (abdullā) — Muslim given name
  • Thai: อับดุลลาห์ (àp-dul-laa) — Muslim given name
  • Thai: อับดุลเลาะห์ (àp-dul-lɔ́) — Muslim given name
  • Turkish: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Urdu: عبد اللہ ('abdu llāh) — Muslim given name
  • Uyghur: ئابدۇللا (abdulla) — Muslim given name
  • Uzbek: Abdulloh — Muslim given name
  • Vietnamese: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Welsh: Abdullah — Muslim given name
  • Wolof: Abdoullaye — Muslim given name
  • Yiddish: אַבדאַללאַ (abdalla) — Muslim given name