Browse Names

Abd al-Aziz m Arabic
Means "servant of the powerful" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with عزيز ('aziz) meaning "powerful". This was the name of the first king of modern Saudi Arabia.

Abd al-Hamid m Arabic
Means "servant of the praiseworthy" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with حميد (hamid) meaning "praiseworthy". This was the name of two sultans of the Ottoman Empire.

Abd al-Haqq m Arabic
Means "servant of the truth" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with حقّ (haqq) meaning "truth".

Abd al-Ilah m Arabic
Means "servant of the god" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with إله (ilah) meaning "god, deity".

Abd al-Karim m Arabic
Means "servant of the generous" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with كريم (karim) meaning "generous".

Abd Allah m Arabic
Means "servant of Allah" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with الله (Allah). This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's father. He died before his son's birth.

Abd al-Latif m Arabic
Means "servant of the gentle" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with لطيف (latif) meaning "gentle".

Abd al-Majid m Arabic
Means "servant of the glorious" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with مجيد (majid) meaning "glorious".

Abd al-Malik m Arabic
Means "servant of the king" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with ملك (malik) meaning "king". This was the name of the fifth Umayyad caliph, who made Arabic the official language of the empire.

Abd al-Qadir m Arabic
Means "servant of the capable, servant of the powerful" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with قادر (qadir) meaning "capable, powerful". This was the name of a 19th-century Algerian resistance leader.

Abd al-Wali m Arabic
Means "servant of the guardian" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with ولي (wali) meaning "guardian, friend".

Abd ar-Rahim m Arabic
Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with رحيم (rahim) meaning "merciful".

Abd ar-Rahman m Arabic
Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with رحمن (rahman) meaning "merciful". This was the name of two early caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.

Abd ar-Rashid m Arabic
Means "servant of the rightly guided" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with رشيد (rashid) meaning "rightly guided".

Abd as-Salam m Arabic
Means "servant of the peaceful" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with سلام (salam) meaning "peace".

Abdastartus m Phoenician (Latinized)
From the Greek form Ἀβδάσταρτος (Abdastartos) of the Phoenician name 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAbdʿashtart) meaning "servant of Ashtoreth", derived from 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿabd) meaning "servant, slave" combined with the name of the goddess Ashtoreth. This was the name of a 10th-century BC king of Tyre, as recorded by the historian Josephus.

Abdiel m Biblical, Biblical Greek
Means "servant of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Gad. In John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), this is the name of a seraph who withstands Satan when he urges the angels to revolt.

Abdolhossein m Persian
Means "servant of al-Husayn" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with حسّین (Hosseyn), the Persian form of Arabic Husayn. This name refers to Husayn ibn Ali, the son of Ali.

Abdolreza m Persian
Means "servant of al-Ridha" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with رضا (Reza), the Persian form of Arabic Ridha. This name refers to the 9th-century Shia imam Ali al-Ridha.

Akli m Berber
Means "slave, servant, black" in Tamazight.

Bomilcar m Phoenician (Latinized)
From the Punic name 𐤁𐤃𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 (Bodmilqart), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤃 (bod) meaning "on behalf of" or perhaps from 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿabd) meaning "servant, slave" combined with the name of the god Melqart. This name was borne by a few figures from Carthaginian history.

Christodoulos m Greek, Late Greek
Means "slave of Christ" in Greek, derived from Χριστός (Christos) combined with δοῦλος (doulos) meaning "slave, servant".

Debdas m Bengali
Bengali form of Devadas. This is the name of a 1917 novel by the Bengali author Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Devadas m Hindi
Means "servant of the gods" from Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant".

Kalidasa m Sanskrit
Means "servant of Kali" from the name of the Hindu goddess Kali 1 combined with Sanskrit दास (dasa) meaning "servant". This was the name of a 4th-century Indian poet and dramatist, the author of the Abhijnanashakuntalam.

Mohandas m Hindi
Means "servant of Mohana" from the name of the Hindu god Mohana combined with Sanskrit दास (dasa) meaning "servant". A famous bearer of this name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), also known as Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian leader who struggled peacefully for independence from Britain.

Ramdas m Marathi, Hindi
Means "servant of Rama" from the name of the Hindu deity Rama 1 combined with Sanskrit दास (dasa) meaning "servant". This name was borne by a 17th-century Hindu holy man from Maharashtra.

Theodulus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Θεόδουλος (Theodoulos) meaning "servant of god", derived from θεός (theos) meaning "god" and δοῦλος (doulos) meaning "slave, servant". This name was borne by several early saints.