Given name & surname
Abdulwahab
Abdulwahab is a surname from Arabic. It is used in Maranao.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Arabic عَبْد الوَهَّاب; its root is Arabic و ه ب.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdulwahab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 204
- 204 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,730 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,730 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 406 as a first name in 2020; 398 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.
Abdulwahab’s family of names
Abdulwahab may belong to the same name family as ABDULLWAHAB. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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