Abdul

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Uzbek, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Scripts عبد ال(Arabic) عبدال(Urdu, Shahmukhi, Pashto) Абдул(Uzbek) আব্দুল(Bengali)
Pronounced Pron. ‘AB-dool(Arabic)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

First part of compound Arabic names beginning with عبد ال ('Abd al) meaning "servant of the" (such as عبد العزيز ('Abd al-'Aziz) meaning "servant of the powerful").

Related Names

VariantAbduh(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesObed(Biblical) Obed(Biblical Greek) Oved(Biblical Hebrew) Obed(Biblical Latin) Oved(Hebrew) Abdou(Northern African) Abdou, Abdoul(Western African)

Popularity

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Entry updated June 9, 2023