Abdullah: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ahb-duu-LAH · 3 syllables

Abdullah means “servant; God”, from Arabic.

Borrowed from Arabic (abdu llah), from (abd, “servant”) + (allah, “God”), literally “servant of God”.

How popular is Abdullah?

Abdullah was the #763 name in the US in 2025, given to 337 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Abdullah in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Abdullah are older than 27; most are between 18 and 50. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Abdullah have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Abdullah means “servant; God”. It comes from Arabic.

Abdullah is pronounced ahb-duu-LAH.

Abdullah was the #763 name in the US in 2025, given to 337 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Abdullah are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 50.