MEANING & HISTORY
What does Abdul mean?
Abdul represents Arabic abd, servant, joined with al, the definite article. It commonly begins compound names whose following element supplies a divine name or attribute.
Abdul alone should not automatically be expanded to Abdullah or assigned one missing attribute. As an independently recorded personal name, it preserves this recognizable Arabic construction without specifying the rest of a compound.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).
A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Abdul
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Abdul Basit Usman
Filipino Islamic terrorist (1974–2015)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Abdul Basit Usman
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Abdul in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Abdul
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Abdel·Arabic Abd al: servant of the, in compound names
- Abdon·Servant or one who serves
- Abel♂Breath; vapour
- Abbas♂One who frowns; a figurative lion-name
- Abby♀Familiar form of Abigail
- Abdullah♂Servant of God
- Abe♂Short form of Abraham; also used for Abelardo
- Abed♂Worshipper or one who serves
What rhymes with Abdul?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Abdul
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Abdul further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q19818134 — Abdul (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Abdul Basit Usman (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19818134 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Abdul (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Abdul (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.