Abdullah
Abdullah ( Arabic عبد الله) is a variant of Abdallah meaning "servant of God", an Arabic male first name and family name . The form Abdulla also occurs occasionally as a family name . A West African form of the name is Abdoulaye .
Name bearer
Ruler
- Abdullah II (Bukhara) (1533–1598), Khan of Bukhara
- Abdullah I (Jordan) (1882–1951), King of Jordan (1946–1951)
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz (1924–2015), Saudi Arabian king (2005–2015)
- Abdullah II (Jordan) (* 1962), King of Jordan (since 1999)
- Jamschid ibn Abdullah (* 1929), Sultan of Zanzibar
family name
- Abdu-Ali Abdullah (* 1984), Djiboutian tennis player
- Abdu-Rashid Abdullah (* 1977), tennis player from Brunei
- Abdul Rahman Al-Abdullah (* 1977), Qatari athlete
- Abdul Samad Abdullah († 2013), Maldivian politician
- Abdullah Abdullah (* 1960), Afghan politician
- Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (* 1963), Egyptian terrorist
- Abdullah Basheer Al-Abdullah (* 1971), Qatari football player
- Achmed Abdullah ( Alexander Nikolajewitsch Romanoff ; 1881–1945), Russian writer
- Ahmad Hassan Abdullah ( Albert Chepkurui ; * 1981), Qatari athlete
- Ahmed Abdullah (actually Leroy Bland , * 1947), American jazz trumpeter
- Ahmed Abdullah (swimmer) (* 1968), Egyptian swimmer
- Akbar Jahan Abdullah (* 1917), Indian politician
- Akram Abdullah (* 1987), Yemeni Taekwondoin
- Ameer Abdullah (* 1993), American football player
- Aqhari Abdullah (* 1991), Singaporean football player
- Aquil Abdullah (* 1973), American rower
- Atallah Abdullah (* 1960), Iraqi weightlifter
- Asya Abdullah (* 1971), Syrian Kurdish politician
- Azizi Abdullah (1942–2011), Malaysian teacher, journalist and writer of short stories and novels
- Bashar Abdullah (* 1977), Kuwaiti soccer player
- Daayiee Abdullah (* 1954), American imam
- Fahmie Abdullah (* 1974), Singaporean football player
- Farah Zeynep Abdullah (* 1989), Turkish actress
- Farooq Abdullah (* 1937), Indian politician
- Hamidullah Haji Abdullah (* 1994), Afghan football goalkeeper
- Hamza Abdullah (born 1983), American football player
- Helan Abdullah , Kurdish pop, hip-hop and R&B singer, see Helly Luv
- Hovsep Abdullah (1830–1902), Armenian photographer, see Abdullah Frères
- Husain Abdullah (born 1985), American football player
- Hussain Abdullah (* 1984), German director, screenwriter and stuntman
- Jamal Al-Abdullah (born 1963), Qatari athlete
- Kia Abdullah (* 1982), British writer
- Kazem Abdullah (* 1979), American conductor and musician
- Kevork Abdullah (1839-1918), Armenian photographer, see Abdullah Frères
- Majid Mohammed Abdullah (* 1959), Saudi Arabian football player
- Magdy Ahmed Abdullah (born 1966), Egyptian hockey player
- Mohamed Abdullah (athlete) (* 1935), Iraqi athlete
- Mohamed Abdullah (swimmer) (* 1973), swimmer of the United Arab Emirates
- Mohamed Abu Abdullah (* 1981), Bangladeshi athlete
- Mohamed Daoud Abdullah (* 1993), Saudi sprinter
- Mohamed Sami Abdullah (* 1964), athlete from the United Arab Emirates
- Mohamed Sayed Abdulla (* 1974), Egyptian hockey player
- Mohammed Abdullah (1905–1982), Indian politician of Kashmir
- Muhammad Nur Abdullah , American clergyman and legal scholar
- Muhammad Salim Abdullah (1931–2016), German journalist and Islamic official
- Muhammad Shaani Abdullah , Malaysian politician
- Mutaib bin Abdullah (* 1952), Saudi Arabian politician and military member
- Neil Malik Abdullah (* 1977), Austrian actor
- Only Adam Abdullah (* 2001), Singaporean football player
- Omar Abdullah (* 1970), Indian politician
- Osama Abdullah (* 1970), Kuwaiti soccer player
- Rayan Abdullah (* 1957), typographer and designer
- Reem Abdullah (* 1987), Saudi Arabian actress
- Sadiq Abdullah (* 1960), Nigerian tennis player
- Sami Al-Abdullah (* 1967), Qatari athlete
- Tewfik Abdullah (1896– ??), Egyptian football player
- Viçen Abdullah (1820–1902), Armenian photographer, see Abdullah Frères
- Wan Azlan Abdullah (* 1975), Malaysian swimmer
- Youssef bin Alawi bin Abdullah (* 1945), Omani politician
- Zarinah Abdullah (* 1971), Singaporean badminton player
Form Abdulla
- Abdulaziz Yusuf Abdulaziz Abdulla (* 1982), Bahraini football referee
- Almoez Abdulla (* 1996), Qatari soccer player
- Amjad Abdulla (* 1970), Maldivian environmental politician and climate scientist
- Gamal Ahmed Abdulla (born 1964), Egyptian hockey player
- Mohammed Abdulla (* 1985), Kuwaiti tennis player
- Muhammed Said Abdulla (1918–1991), Tanzanian writer
- Walied Abdulla (* 1945), Iraqi-German medic
- Xhelil Abdulla (* 1991), Macedonian football player
First name
- Abdullah (tile painter) , a tile painter of several World Heritage sites in the 19th century, nicknamed the Djinn
- Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1795-1852), Malaysian scholar
- Abdullah Abdullah (* 1960), Afghan politician
- Abdullah ibn Bakhtishu († 1058), doctor
- Abdullah ibn Chalifa (1910–1963), Sultan of Zanzibar
- Abdullah Gül (* 1950), Turkish politician, President of Turkey (2007-2014)
- Abdullah Halman (* 1987), Turkish football player
- Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008), Ethiopian Islamic legal scholar
- Abdullah Ibn Jibreen (1933–2009), Saudi Islamic scholar and Mufti
- Abdullah Öcalan (* 1949), Kurdish leader of the PKK
- Abdullah as-Sallal (1917–1994), Yemeni officer and politician
- Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Sheikh , Saudi Arabian clergyman and politician
- Abdullah Shah (* 1959), Malaysian king
- Abdullah Wagishauser (* 1950), Chairman of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Federal Republic
- Abdullah ibn Wahb ar-Rasibi († 658), leader of the Kharijites
Others
- Abdullah (horse) (1970-2000), a Trakehner jumper