# Abdullah (name)

Abd Allah (Arabic: عبد الله, romanized: ʻAbd Allāh), also spelled Abdullah, Abdhullah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdallah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic theophoric name meaning servant of God or "God's follower". It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd (عبد) and Allāh (الله).
Although the first letter "a" in Allāh, as the first letter of the article al-, is usually unstressed in Arabic, it is usually stressed in the pronunciation of this name. The variants Abdollah and Abdullah represent the elision of this "a" following the "u" of the Classical Arabic nominative case (pronounced [o] in Persian).
Humility before God is an essential value of Islam, hence Abdullah is a common name among Muslims. However, the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's father was Abdullah. The prophet's father died before his birth, which indicates that the name was already in use in pre-Islamic Arabia.
It is also common among Mizrahi Jews, especially Iraqi Jews and Syrian Jews. The name is cognate to and has the same meaning as the Hebrew Abdiel and, more commonly, Obadiah. There were two Jewish rabbis in Medina before Islam came; they were Abdullah ibn Salam and Abdullah ibn Shuria. Abdullah ibn Saba was a Yemenite Jew during the spread of Islam.
The variant used in the Russian language is "Абдулла́" (Abdulla) (cf. Fedul, which has similar origins), with "Абду́л" (Abdul) and "Габдулла́" (Gabdulla) often used in Adyghe. The Spanish variant is Abdala. The Turkic Tatar language spells it as Ğabdulla (Габдулла).
The Christian Arabic Bible uses the word Allah for God. Presently in the Middle East, the name is sometimes used by Christians as a given or family name.

## Given name
### Abd Allah

* Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (611-613), son of Muhammad
* Abd Allah ibn Uthman (620-625), son of third caliph Uthman
* Abd Allah ibn Abd Allah (died 633), companion of Muhammad
* Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr (608-633), son of caliph Abu Bakr
* Abd Allah ibn Saba, Jewish anti-Rashidun rebel
* Abd Allah ibn Salam (died 663), Jewish convert to Islam
* Abd Allah ibn Ubayy (died 631), leading inhabitant of Medina and contemporary of Muhammad
* Abd Allah ibn Umar (610–693), narrator of hadith
* Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, (624-692), ruler of the 8th-century Zubayrid Caliphate
* Abd Allah ibn Yazid, an Umayyad prince and Military leader

### Abdalla

* Abdalla El-Masri (born 1962), Lebanese composer
* Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956), most recent Sudanese president, who was deposed in a coup

### Abdallah

* Abdallah Abdalsalam (born 1983), Egyptian volleyball player
* Abdallah al-Adil (1224–1227), Caliph of Morocco
* Abdallah Aich (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
* Abdallah ibn Amir (626-678), Rashidun politician and military officer
* Abdallah Djaballah (born 1956), Algerian politician
* Abdallah Al-Fakhouri (born 2000), Jordanian footballer
* Abdallah Kamal (1965–2014), Egyptian journalist and politician
* Abdallah El Maaroufi (1944–2011), Moroccan diplomat
* Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908), Arab poet
* Abdallah Saaf (born 1949), Moroccan academic and politician
* Abdallah ibn Sa'd, Arab administrator and commander
* Abdallah Shihiri (1868-1931), politician of the Somali Dervish movement
* Abdallah Somekh (1813–1889), Iraqi rabbi
* Abdallah El-Yafi (1901–1986), Lebanese politician
* Abdallah al-Fadil al-Mahdi (1890–1966), Sudanese politician

### Abdelilah

* Abdelilah Saber (born 1974), Moroccan association football player

### Abdellah

* Abdellah Béhar (born 1963), French runner
* Abdellah Blinda (born 1951), Moroccan association football manager
* Abdellah Liegeon (born 1957), Algerian association football player
* Abdellah Ouzghar, Canadian and Moroccan, arrested after attacks of Sept 11, 2001

### Abdollah

* Abdollah Jassbi (born 1944), Iranian academic
* Abdollah Mojtabavi (1925-2012), Iranian sport wrestler
* Abdollah Movahed (born 1940), Iranian sport wrestler
* Abdollah Nouri (born 1950), Iranian reformist politician
* Abdollah Ramezanzadeh (born 1954), Iranian academic
* Abdollah Shahbazi (born 1955), Iranian researcher
* Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia (1946-2022), Iranian Cleric
* Abdollah Javadi-Amoli (born 1933), Iranian Cleric

### Abdulai

* Abdulai Bell-Baggie (born 1992), English association football player
* Abdulai Conteh (1945-2024), Sierra Leonean politician

### Abdulah

* Abdulah Gegić (1924–2008), Yugoslav football coach and doctor of sciences in the veterinary field
* Abdulah Ibraković (born 1970), Bosnian professional football manager
* Abdulah Muhasilović (1898-??), Bosnian army chaplain
* Abdulah Mutapčić (1932-2013), Bosnian politician
* Abdulah Nakaš (1944–2005), Bosnian surgeon
* Abdulah Oruč (born 1955), Bosnian professional football manager
* Abdulah Sidran (1944-2024), Bosnian poet
* Abdulah Skaka (born 1983), Bosnian politician

### Abdullah

* Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (545–570), the father of Muhammad
* Abdullah I (disambiguation), multiple rulers
* Abdullah II (disambiguation), multiple rulers
* Abdullah (Chagatai Khanate) (died 1359), ruler of the Chagatai
* Abdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary), first Ismaili, Fatimid, mustaali saint to reach India, c. 1067 AD
* Abdullah ibn Abbas (619-687), narrator of hadith
* Abdullah Nur (1910–1997), Indonesian ulama
* Abdullah Abdullah (born 1960), the former foreign minister of Afghanistan
* Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (1963–2020), al-Qaeda terrorist
* Abdullah al-Amiri, judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias
* Abdulla Aripov (born 1962), Prime minister of Uzbekistan
* Abdullah Tahir, Ethiopian-Yemeni governor
* Abdullah Anderson (born 1996), American football player
* Abdullah Atalar (born 1954), Turkish academic
* Abdullah Avcı (born 1963), Turkish association football manager
* Abdullah Aydoğdu (born 1991), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
* Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941–1989), Islamist leader, assassinated in 1989
* Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (born 1939), Prime Minister of Malaysia (2003–2009)
* Abdullah el Baqui (1886–1952), Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician
* Abdullah Baybaşin (born 1960), Turkish mob boss
* Abdullah Bishara (born 1936), Kuwaiti diplomat
* Abdullah Bughra (died 1934), Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
* Abdullah Cevdet (1869-1932), Turkish physician
* Abdullah Çatlı (1956-1996), Turkish convicted drug trafficker
* Abdullah Al Damluji (1890-1970), Iraqi physician and politician
* Abdullah Demirbaş (born 1966), Turkish politician
* Abdullah Durak (born 1987), Turkish association football player
* Abdullah Ercan (born 1971), Turkish association football player
* Abdullah Franji (born 1943), Palestinian politician and Fatah member
* Abdullah Gül (born 1950), Turkish politician and 11th President of Turkey
* Abdullah Halman (born 1987), Turkish association football player
* Abdullah bin Suleiman Al Hamdan (1887–1965), Saudi Arabian politician and businessman
* Abdullah Hanafi, Bruneian administrator
* Abdullah al-Harari (1906-2008), Islamic scholar
* Abdullah I of Jordan (1882–1951), Emir of Transjordan (1921–1946) and King of Jordan (1946–1951)
* Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962), King of Jordan since 1999
* Abdullah İçel (born 1982), Turkish-Belgian futsal player
* Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), early 19th century Malay writer
* Abdullah Kayapınar (born 1992), Yutrkish para powerlifter
* Abdullah Khadr (born 1981), Canadian citizen of Egyptian descent whose alleged ties to terrorism resulted in a protracted international legal issue
* Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa (1769–1849), ruler of Bahrain between 1821 and 1843
* Abdullah Khan (disambiguation), multiple people
* Abdullah Kobayashi (born 1976), born Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
* Abdullah al Mahmood (1900-1975), Bengali politician and former minister in Pakistan
* Abdullah Malallah (born 1983), Emirati association football player
* Abdullah al Mamun (disambiguation), multiple people
* Abdullah Mando (born 1971), Syrian footballer
* Abdullah ibn Masud (594-652), a companion of Muhammad
* Abdullah Mirza (1410–1451), ruler of the Timurid Empire
* Abdullah Morsi (1994-2019), son of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
* Abdullah Muhammad Shah II of Perak (1842-1922), one of the parties to the Pangkor Treaty of 1874
* Abdullah Abbas Nadwi (1925-2006), Indian Islamic scholar
* Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 1972), United Arab Emirati politician
* Abdullah Nangyal (born 1986), Pashtun human rights activist and one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
* Abdullah Al Noman (1942-2025), Bangladeshi politician
* Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Emirati engineer and politician
* Abdullah Oğuz (born 1958), Turkish film director
* Abdullah Öcalan (born 1948), Kurdish opposition leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party
* Abdullah Öztürk (born 1989), Turkish para table tennis player
* Abdullah of Pahang (born 1959), King of Malaysia and Sultan of Pahang
* Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid (1788–1848), founder of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar
* Abdullah bin Ghazi (1935–1998), Pakistani religious scholar and founder of Faridia University, Islamabad
* Abdullah Al Rasi (1929–1994), Lebanese physician and politician
* Abdullah ibn Rawaha (C. 590–629), general in the Battle of Mut'ah
* Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud (died 1819), Ruler of the First Saudi State
* Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1831–1889) (1831-1889), Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah
* Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923–2007) (1923-2007), Saudi royal and businessman
* Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud (died 1843), Emir of Nejd
* Abdullah bin Abdullah Al Saud (1843-??), Saudi royal
* Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924–2015), Former ruler of Saudi Arabia
* Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Sheikh (1751–1829), Wahhabi scholar
* Abdullah Elyasa Süme (born 1983), Turkish association football player
* Abdullah Tal (1918–1973), Jordanian soldier
* Abdullah Al Thani (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Israeli rabbi, born Abdullah Youssef

## Surname
### Abdalla

* Ahmad Abdalla (born 1979), Egyptian film director
* Ali Abdalla (born 1982), Eritrean long-distance runner
* Asha Ahmed Abdalla (born 1958), Somali politician
* Khalid Abdalla (born 1980), British actor

### Abdallah

* Sallamah Umm Abdallah, was the spouse of Muhammad ibn Ali and mother of Al-Mansur.
* Marajil also known as Umm Abdallah (died 786), mother of Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun.
* Abu Makhlad Abdallah, Iranian statesman from Tabaristan
* Ali al-Abdallah, Syrian writer and human rights activist
* Gene G. Abdallah (1934–2019), American politician
* Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (born 1951), Lebanese communist militant serving a life sentence for complicity in murder
* Mohamed Abdallah (born 1975), British citizen with African origin, A Chartered Accountant with ACCA and CPA(T)

### Abdellah

* Faye Glenn Abdellah (1919–2017), American nurse
* Nacer Abdellah (born 1966), Moroccan footballer

### Abdulah

* Clive Abdulah (born 1927), former Bishop of Trinidad

### Abdullah

* Abdul Abdullah (born 1986), Australian artist, brother of artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah
* Abdul Rahman Abdullah, Muslim name of Donny Meluda, armed robber
* Abdul-Rahman Abdullah (born 1977), Australian artist, brother of artist Abdul Abdullah
* Abdullah Abdullah (born 1960), former foreign minister of Afghanistan
* Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (1963–2020), al-Qaeda terrorist
* Adel Abdullah (born 1984), Syrian association football player
* Ameer Abdullah (born 1993), American football running back
* Bilal Abdullah (born 1980), British doctor of Iraqi descent behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack
* Chelsea Abdullah (fl. 2022), Kuwaiti American novelist
* Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 1989), Turkish actress
* Husain Abdullah (born 1985), American football player
* Ismail Sabri Abdullah (1924–2006), Egyptian economist and politician
* Khalid Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
* Majed Abdullah (born 1959), Saudi Arabian football player
* Mohamed Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mansoor Abdullah, Singaporean convicted killer
* Mohammed Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
* Muhammad Kho Abdullah (1984–2016), Muslim name of Kho Jabing, convicted Malaysian killer
* Nadhem Abdullah (died 2003), Iraqi murdered during the Occupation of Iraq
* Omar Abdullah (born 1970), last Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Rahim Abdullah (born 1976), American football player
* Roshdi bin Abdullah Altway (born 1959), a Singaporean convicted killer and drug trafficker
* Salem Abdullah (disambiguation), multiple people
* Salwa Abdullah (born 1953), Syrian politician
* Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), known as Sher-e-Kashmir, first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
* Tewfik Abdullah (born 1896), Egyptian footballer
* Yasir Abdullah (born 2000), American football player

## Fictional characters

* Abdul Alhazred, sometimes referred to as Abdullah Alhazred
* Abdullah (comics), from The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
* Abdullah the Butcher, born Lawrence Shreve, Canadian wrestler
* Abdullah ibn al-Wahhab from the Amelia Peabody series, foreman for the Emerson family's archeological excavation sites
* Abdullah, main protagonist of Castle in the Air, the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle