Given name & surname
Abdel
“a servant of God”
Abdel is a variant of Abdul. One Arabic interpretation is “a servant of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Abdel is a variant of Abdul. One Arabic interpretation is “a servant of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Abdel is a variant of Abdul. An origin associated with Abdul is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 829
- 829 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,145 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,145 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,010 as a first name in 2020; 315 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.
Abdel’s family of names
Abdel has a related form in Abdul. In Dutch usage, Abdel has a conventional equivalent in the English form Abdul. In Turkish usage, Abdel has a related form in Abdell.
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Around the world
Abdel has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Abdel
- Abdel Fattah al-BurhanPresident of the Sovereignty Council of Sudanborn 1960
- Abdel Abqarassociation football playerborn 1999
- Abdel NaderEgyptian basketball playerborn 1993
- Abdel QissiMoroccan actorborn 1960
- MC AbdulPalestinian rapper from Gazaborn 2008
- Abdel LamanjeFrench footballerborn 1990
- Abdel Fattah Yahya PashaPrime Minister of Egypt1876–1951
- Abdel Malik HsissaneMoroccan and French footballerborn 1991
- Abdel ZagréBurkina Faso footballerborn 2004
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