Given name & surname
Abdula
“servant of God”
Abdula is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Abdula is a romanization of Абдула. Абдула goes back to Arabic عَبْدُ, meaning “servant of God.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 39 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 9 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 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 283 as a first name in 2020; 191 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.
Abdula’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Abdula has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 阿卜杜拉. In Portuguese usage, Abdula has a conventional equivalent in the English form Abdullah. In Russian usage, Abdula as a surname is a transliteration of Абдула.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Abdula 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.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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