MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Abdul mean?
Abdul represents Arabic ʿabd al-, servant of the, at the beginning of compound names. The following element supplies the particular title or name, as in Abdul Rahman.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
عبد
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अब्दुल
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Abdul in Indian usage
766,924 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 14,475 records (1.9%).
- Recorded as male: 752,449 records (98.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 1,165 |
| 1920s | 3,896 |
| 1930s | 15,039 |
| 1940s | 47,166 |
| 1950s | 91,719 |
| 1960s | 134,353 |
| 1970s | 158,997 |
| 1980s | 182,543 |
| 1990s | 131,842 |
| 2000s | 204 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 207,388 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 160,349 |
| Bihar | 97,701 |
| Assam | 87,018 |
| Rajasthan | 44,053 |
| Maharashtra | 34,677 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 32,127 |
| Jharkhand | 31,316 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 26,274 |
| Delhi | 12,183 |
| Uttarakhand | 7,278 |
| Tripura | 5,757 |
| Haryana | 5,348 |
| Manipur | 3,272 |
| Karnataka | 2,590 |
| Goa | 2,363 |
| Meghalaya | 1,996 |
| Puducherry | 1,473 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1,393 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1,090 |
| Chandigarh | 334 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 323 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 256 |
| Nagaland | 123 |
| Other states | 242 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Abdul / M | 292 | 177 |
| Scotland | Abdul / M | 7 | 441 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
badminton player
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Abdul ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Given-name entry (Wiktionary): Abdul ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Abdul; Table_6, C182 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Abdul; Table_6, C182
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Abdul; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Abdul; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Wiktionary: عبد ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: Abdullah ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.