Abdul
Abdul is a name that means something like "servant of ..." in German. The origin is in Arabic, where the connection ʿAbd al- /عبد ال(in connection with one of the 99 names of God ) is often encountered (examples: Abd al-Qadir, Abd ar-Rahman and also Abdallah / Abdullah ; Abdul alone cannot be found in Arabic itself). This connection is often written Abdul- , especially in English , which explains the origin of the name Abdul.
Origin and meaning
See Abdallah .
Name bearer
First name
- Abdul Bari (1878–1926), Indian Islamic political leader, scholar and Sufi
- Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928-2016), Pakistani philanthropist
- Abdul Aziz Ghazi (* 1960), Pakistani preacher
- Abdul Basir Salangi , Afghan politician
- Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi (* 1961), Iraqi high-ranking member of al-Qaeda
- Abd al-Halim Chaddam (1932–2020), Syrian politician and dissident
- Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (1927–2017), Malaysian Sultan of Kedah and King of Malaysia
- Abdul Halim Sadulayev (1967-2006), Chechen politician
- Abdul Hafiz Ghoga , Libyan lawyer and politician
- Abdul Kader Keïta (* 1981), Ivorian football player
- Abdul Kareem al-Khasawneh (* 1944), Jordanian Grand Mufti
- Abd al-Karim Abdullah al-Araschi (1934-2006), Yemeni politician
- Abdul Karim der Munshi (around 1863–1909), Indian servant of the British Queen Victoria
- Abdul Karim Tunda (* 1943), suspected terrorist and bomb expert
- Abdul Momin († 1885), Brunei sultan
- Abdul Mseh , commander of Amiuk Fortress
- Abdul Rahim Hatef (1925–2013), Afghan politician
- Abdul Rahman ibn Abdallah (1850–1928), Imam of the Wahhabis
- Abdul Rahman (King) (1895–1960), King of Malaysia
- Abdul Rahman (politician, 1903) (1903–1990), Malaysian politician
- Abdul Rahman (politician, 1938) (* 1938), Malaysian politician
- Abdul Rahman (badminton player) (also Abdul Rahman Mohamed ; * around 1945), Malaysian badminton player
- Abdul Rahman (politician, 1953) (1953-2002), Afghan politician
- Abdul Rahman (politician, 1959) (* 1959), Indian politician
- Abdul Rahman (convert) (* 1965), Afghan convert
- Abdul Rahman (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), Indonesian soccer player
- Abdul Rahman (soccer player, Pakistan) , Pakistani soccer player
- Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930–1989), Kurdish politician
- Abdul Rahman Pazhwak (1919–1995), Afghan diplomat
- Abdul Raschid Dostum (* 1954), Afghan politician
- Abd ar-Razzaq as-Sausa , head of state of Libya from 1990 to 1992
- Abdul Wali Khan (1917–2006), Pakistani politician
Surname and father's name
- Abdul Hamizan Abdul Hamid (* 1989), tennis player from Brunei
- Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak (* 1995), Malaysian tennis player
- Ahmed Abdul Raheem (* 1982), Maldivian football referee
- David Abdul (* 1989), Aruban football player
- Fayeq Abdul-Jaleel (1948 – after 1990), Kuwaiti poet
- Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (* 1982), Iraqi soccer player
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player
- Khalifa Abdul Hakim (1896–1959), Pakistani intellectual, philosopher and poet
- Lida Abdul (* 1973), Afghan performance and video artist
- Paula Abdul (* 1962), American choreographer and pop singer
- Raoul Abdul (1929–2010), American baritone singer, singing teacher, music critic and author
- Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (1961–2009), Nigerian politician and journalist
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (* 1986), American actor
See also
- Abdul Al-Khabyyr
- Abdul Wakil
- Abdul-Kasim-Medresse , mosque in Tashkent
- Abd al-Aziz (also Abdul Aziz, Abdel Aziz)