Meaning
Servant of Allah
Name meaning
- Origin / language
- Arabic
- Alternate spellings
- Abdallah, Abdulla
- Islamic / Qur’anic association
- Islamic devotional; not necessarily Qur'anic
- Name type
- Single given name
- Category
- Traditional Arabic names
Language and spelling
The Arabic compound contains abd (servant) and Allah. Abdullah and the spaced form Abd Allah express the same components; regional spellings include Abdullo and Abdulloh.
Alternate spellings
- Abdullo · Uzbek / Tajik · Абдулло
- Abdulloh · Uzbek / Tajik · Абдуллоҳ
- Abdullahi · Hausa / Somali · Abdullahi
- Abdulah · Bosnian · Абдулах
- Cabdullaahi · Somali · Cabdullaahi
- Abdoulaye · Western African · Abdoulaye
Sources
Meaning checked against the listed source.
Entry reviewed: 2026-10-25
Behind the Name
Behind the Name: Abdullo
Behind the Name: Abdulloh