MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Abdullah mean?
Abdullah is an Arabic compound joining servant with God. The second element Allah identifies the divine referent of the name. The same name is also used in Urdu naming traditions.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अब्दुल्लाह
Conventional spelling
Arabic
عبد الله
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Abdullah in Indian usage
16,682 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 102 records (0.6%).
- Recorded as male: 16,580 records (99.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 880 |
| 1950s | 1,961 |
| 1960s | 2,597 |
| 1970s | 2,810 |
| 1980s | 4,236 |
| 1990s | 3,926 |
| Other decades | 272 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,121 |
| Kerala | 5,658 |
| Bihar | 3,161 |
| Jharkhand | 374 |
| Delhi | 309 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 278 |
| Maharashtra | 229 |
| Rajasthan | 138 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 100 |
| Other states | 314 |
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 | Abdullah / M | 327 | 162 |
| Scotland | Abdullah / M | 13 | 278 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Abdullah ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Wiktionary: Abdullah ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- 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 Abdullah; Table_6, C167 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Abdullah; Table_6, C167
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Abdullah; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Abdullah; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Wiktionary: عبد الله ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.