Abdullah

Where Abdullah comes from

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.
— Wiktionary's entry for Abdullah
  • Arabic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,370 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Abdullah Gül born
    11th President of Turkey
  3. 1962
    Abdullah II of Jordan born
    King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  4. 2014
    Peak, #636
    413 babies named Abdullah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Amatullah; variant forms 'Abd Allah, Abd Allah, Abd' Ulah, Abd-Allah, Abdalah, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdu'llah, Abdulah, Abdulla, ʻAbd Allāh.
Namesakes
  • Abdullah Gül · 11th President of Turkey, born 1950
  • Abdullah II of Jordan · King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, born 1962
  • Abdullah of Saudi Arabia · King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015, 1924–2015
  • Abdullah I of Jordan · Ruler of Transjordan and Jordan from 1921 to 1951, 1882–1951
  • Abdullah Öcalan · founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), born 1948

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.