Given name & surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Abdala
Abdala is a masculine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Abdala comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Abdalla, from Arabic عَبْدُ الله.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020; 437 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abdala’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Abdala has a related form in Abdalá. In Portuguese usage, Abdala has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 阿卜杜拉. In Portuguese usage, Abdala has a conventional equivalent in the English form Abdullah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Abdala has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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