Abdullah Forename
Approximately 3,212,480 people bear this name
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Abdullah or Abdallah (pronounced as: [ʕabduɫɫaːh] Berber: [ʕəbdəɫɫɑh] Egyptian Arabic: [ʕɑbˈdɑllɑ], [ʕæbˈdellæ] Persian: [ʔæbdolˈlɒ:h] Turkish: [abduɫˈɫah]) is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: عبد الله, built from the Arabic words Abd and Allah (Allah itself composed of Al- and Ilah).
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | - | 652,677 | 1:40 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 523,482 | 1:305 | 14 |
| Turkey | 100% | 321,464 | 1:242 | 22 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 286,296 | 1:25 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 260,021 | 1:747 | 129 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 193,626 | 1:168 | 13 |
| Egypt | 100% | 185,912 | 1:494 | 90 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 162,165 | 1:1,591 | 132 |
| Iraq | 100% | 157,193 | 1:223 | 24 |
| Iran | 100% | 90,556 | 1:867 | 160 |
| India | 100% | 55,310 | 1:21,965 | 3,142 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 50,489 | 1:603 | 39 |
| Sudan | 100% | 33,911 | 1:1,115 | 213 |
| Syria | - | 28,695 | 1:673 | 122 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 27,742 | 1:1,111 | 196 |
| Oman | 100% | 25,636 | 1:160 | 25 |
| Philippines | 99% | 21,262 | 1:4,986 | 847 |
| Libya | - | 18,729 | 1:332 | 57 |
| Palestine | 100% | 17,148 | 1:265 | 37 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,702 | 1:11,308 | 1,415 |
| Jordan | 100% | 12,661 | 1:697 | 178 |
| Israel | 99% | 6,489 | 1:1,295 | 285 |
| United States | 100% | 6,107 | 1:59,364 | 3,145 |
| Ghana | 77% | 5,843 | 1:4,619 | 595 |
| Bahrain | - | 5,239 | 1:257 | 33 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,435 | 1:4,690 | 810 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,069 | 1:17,219 | 2,467 |
| Kenya | - | 4,032 | 1:11,485 | 1,391 |
| England | 100% | 3,089 | 1:18,000 | 1,186 |
| Somalia | - | 2,952 | 1:4,582 | 582 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,915 | 1:33,166 | 1,184 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,578 | 1:21,153 | 2,883 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,777 | 1:9,630 | 1,092 |
| Uganda | 96% | 1,633 | 1:25,081 | 1,885 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,514 | 1:21,885 | 1,924 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,460 | 1:36,156 | 2,986 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,146 | 1:29,973 | 1,571 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,083 | 1:9,102 | 829 |
| Liberia | 99% | 999 | 1:4,416 | 555 |
| France | 100% | 939 | 1:70,788 | 1,843 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 927 | 1:6,071 | 798 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 766 | 1:22,065 | 2,057 |
| Poland | 85% | 660 | 1:57,617 | 1,502 |
| Australia | - | 655 | 1:20,851 | 1,439 |
| Kuwait | - | 627 | 1:6,037 | 764 |
| Nepal | 100% | 560 | 1:50,870 | 3,629 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 545 | 1:584 | 84 |
| Kosovo | - | 501 | 1:3,715 | 728 |
| Maldives | 96% | 483 | 1:898 | 48 |
| Brunei | 100% | 457 | 1:918 | 87 |
| Belgium | 100% | 453 | 1:25,364 | 1,733 |
| Spain | 100% | 440 | 1:105,750 | 2,976 |
| Austria | 100% | 438 | 1:19,439 | 888 |
| Denmark | - | 373 | 1:15,146 | 1,043 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 316 | 1:4,107 | 691 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 286 | 1:29,283 | 1,760 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 272 | 1:113,185 | 3,176 |
| Russia | 100% | 260 | 1:554,745 | 5,836 |
| Norway | 100% | 231 | 1:22,218 | 1,278 |
| Singapore | 95% | 223 | 1:28,193 | 5,817 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 199 | 1:41,274 | 2,004 |
| New Zealand | - | 162 | 1:28,000 | 1,909 |
| Albania | 100% | 140 | 1:21,761 | 2,699 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 138 | 1:4,905 | 687 |
| Brazil | 100% | 112 | 1:1,912,823 | 40,900 |
| Finland | 82% | 105 | 1:52,221 | 1,742 |
| Ireland | 100% | 100 | 1:46,435 | 1,564 |
| Scotland | 100% | 94 | 1:56,919 | 1,703 |
| Japan | - | 91 | 1:1,406,440 | 17,197 |
| Qatar | 100% | 89 | 1:26,625 | 3,698 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 86 | 1:206,359 | 4,542 |
| China | - | 83 | 1:16,458,503 | 60,121 |
| Romania | 100% | 77 | 1:260,415 | 8,391 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 75 | 1:128,573 | 5,093 |
| Greece | 100% | 62 | 1:176,364 | 3,798 |
| Wales | 100% | 55 | 1:56,260 | 1,840 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 47 | 1:346,241 | 8,696 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 42 | 1:32,415 | 3,363 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 40 | 1:136,822 | 1,350 |
| Eritrea | 63% | 36 | 1:132,027 | 148 |
| Italy | 89% | 36 | 1:1,696,169 | 12,510 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 31 | 1:225,496 | 5,341 |
| Zambia | - | 31 | 1:511,445 | 11,609 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 27 | 1:1,118,589 | 23,272 |
| Georgia | 100% | 25 | 1:149,539 | 4,607 |
| Panama | 100% | 25 | 1:156,262 | 6,569 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 24 | 1:36,295 | 1,736 |
| South Korea | 100% | 23 | 1:241,062 | 8,475 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 23 | 1:670,601 | 27,250 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 20 | 1:1,080,525 | 27,973 |
| Hong Kong | - | 20 | 1:387,636 | 3,995 |
| Hungary | 100% | 19 | 1:515,356 | 1,894 |
| Guyana | 100% | 17 | 1:44,898 | 4,357 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 15 | 1:398,218 | 13,816 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 11 | 1:482,733 | 2,217 |
| Taiwan | 50% | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Czechia | - | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Somaliland | - | 9 | 1:389,086 | 1,051 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Ukraine | - | 9 | 1:5,055,545 | 8,900 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 8 | 1:440,557 | 4,640 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 8 | 1:511,905 | 10,283 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Algeria | 100% | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Croatia | - | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Abdüllah (4) & Abdulláh (2) are calculated separately.
Abdullah (2,658,515) may also be a surname.
Abdullah Forename Meaning
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Abdullah or Abdallah (pronounced as: [ʕabduɫɫaːh] Berber: [ʕəbdəɫɫɑh] Egyptian Arabic: [ʕɑbˈdɑllɑ], [ʕæbˈdellæ] Persian: [ʔæbdolˈlɒ:h] Turkish: [abduɫˈɫah]) is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: عبد الله, built from the Arabic words Abd and Allah (Allah itself composed of Al- and Ilah). The first letter a in Al-Ilah in its native pronunciation is unstressed, and is elided following another vowel; in the case of Abdu-llah this is the -u of the Classical Arabic nominative case. It is one of many Arabic theophoric names, meaning servant of God. Gods Follower is also a meaning of this name.
Humility before God is an essential value of Islam, hence Abdullah is a common name among Muslims. In particular, the name of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's father was Abdullah.
It is also common among Arab Jews, especially Iraqi 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 word Allah exists in the Arabic Talmud and other Jewish scriptures.
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 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. The continued use of this name is perhaps attributed to the passage in Matthew 25:14-30 which refers to the parable of talents and the three servants. The parable praises the good servants.
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