Given name & surname
Abdullah
“a servant of God”
Abdullah is a variant of Abdul. One Arabic interpretation is “a servant of God.”
Original Arabicعَبْدُ ٱللّٰه
Meaning & origin
What it means
Abdullah is a variant of Abdul. One Arabic interpretation is “a servant of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه, built from Arabic عَبْد (“servant”) + الله (“God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdullah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,383
- 9,383 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 413 babies
- 2025
- 337
- #763 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 337 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 763 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 413 in 2014. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (74). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,512 as a first name in 2020; 11,125 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.
Abdullah’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Abdullah has a diminutive in AVDO. Abdullah has a related form in Abdul. In French usage, Abdullah has a related form in Abdallah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Abdullah has relatives in 60 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Abdullah comes from · 2 names
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Abdulvariant
- Abdallahvariant · French, Turkish
- Abdullavariant · English, Azerbaijani
- Abdallavariant · Swahili, English
- Abdulahvariant · Turkish, Serbo-Croatian
- Abddullahlikely variant
- Abd Allahvariant · English
- Avdodiminutive · Serbo-Croatian
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 72
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- عَبْدُ ٱللّٰهArabic
- عبد اللهArabic
- AbdullahiHausa
- AbdullohUzbek
- AbdulaPortuguese
- AbdalaPortuguese
- Abdouliemnk
- Avdylequivalent
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- Abdoullaequivalent
- 阿卜杜拉Chinese, Mandarin
- АбдуллаRussian, Tatar
- АбдулаUkrainian
- אַבדאַללאַYiddish
- AbdoullayeWolof
- ئابدۇللاUyghur
- عبد اللہUrdu
- อับดุลเลาะห์Thai
- อับดุลลาห์Thai
- అబ్దుల్లాTelugu
- ГабдуллаTatar
- АбдуллоҳTajik
- AbdulláSpanish
- CabdilleSomali
- AbdulláhSlovak, Czech
- අබ්දුල්ලාSinhala
- عبداللهsd, Persian
- Абдулла́Russian
- ਅਬਦੁੱਲਾPunjabi
- ଅବଦୁଲ୍ଲାOdia
- अब्दुल्लाNepali, Marathi
- अब्दुल्लाहNepali, Hindi
- അബ്ദുള്ളMalayalam
- АбдуллахMacedonian, Bulgarian
- ອັບດຸນລາlo
- 압둘라Korean
- អាប់ឌុលឡាKhmer
- ҚабдұллаKazakh
- ҚабдұлаKazakh
- ҚабдуллаKazakh
- ҚабдулаKazakh
- ҚабдоллаKazakh
- ҒабдұллаһKazakh
- ҒабдұллаKazakh
- ҒабдұлаKazakh
- ҒабдуллаһKazakh
- ҒабдуллаKazakh, Bashkir
- ҒабдулаKazakh
- ҒабдоллаKazakh
- ҒабдолаKazakh
- АбдұллаһKazakh
- АбдұллаKazakh
- АбдуллаһKazakh
- АбдоллаKazakh
- ಅಬ್ದುಲ್ಲಾKannada
- アブドラJapanese
- עבדאללהHebrew
- અબ્દુલ્લાGujarati
- ΑμπντουλλάχGreek
- ΑμπντουλάχGreek
- აბდულაGeorgian
And 12 more.
People named Abdullah
- Abu Bakr1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad573–634
- Abdullah Gül11th President of Turkey (born 1950)
- Abdullah II of JordanKing of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordanborn 1962
- Abdullah of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 (1924–2015)
- Abdullah I of JordanRuler of Transjordan and Jordan from 1921 to 19511882–1951
- Abdullah Öcalanfounder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)born 1948
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalibfather of Muhammad (c. 546–566)545–570
- Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayrhistorical Arab ruler (624-692)
- Al-Ma'munAbbasid caliph (786–833, r. 813–833)
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