Abdullah means servant of Allah. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic
عَبْدُ اللّٰه
Abdullah
Servant of Allah
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Meaning
Abdullah (عَبْدُ اللّٰه) is an Arabic name for boys. It means servant of Allah.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Abdullah comes from the root ع ب د, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
"The servant of Allah" is used for the Prophet ﷺ in 72:19.
وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًۭا
Wa annahoo lammaa qaama 'adul laahi yad'oohu kaadoo yakoonoona 'alaihi libadaa
And that when the Servant of Allah stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."
Quran 72:19. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it ab-DUL-lah. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Abdallah and Abdulla. In Arabic it is written with 7 letters, from right to left: ع ʿayn + ب ba + د dal + ا alif + ل lam + ل lam + ه ha.
Many parents choose Abdullah to name their child after someone from the early generations of Islam, hoping the child will grow up with the same qualities. With the father's name it becomes Abdullah bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Abdullah (عَبْدُ اللّٰه) means servant of Allah. It is an Arabic name for boys.
"The servant of Allah" is used for the Prophet ﷺ in 72:19.
Abdullah is used as a boy's name.
Abdullah is written عَبْدُ اللّٰه in Arabic, said ab-DUL-lah.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, عَبْدُ اللّٰه. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.