Abdi is a male name. It is a given name used in several countries with different origins. The Oromo version of the name, used within Ethiopia, translates to ‘Hope’. Among others, one version has Arabic has meaning which is loosely translated as 'servant of God'.

Arabic name

While Arabic speakers commonly use ''

Abdu In Medicine, abdo is short for abdominal. As a name, notable people called Abdo, Abdou or Abdu include: People A masculine Arabic name, and a nickname for Abdul. The name is also of Syriac origin and is a variant of 'Abdā, meaning 'servant' or ' ...

' (‎ / ') rather than ''Abdi'', both are nicknames for '' Abdul''. It originates from the Arabic word '' / / ''. The name translates as "servant of God" in reference to religious submission to

Allah Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...

(God). As such, it is often used by

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

s around the world in conjunction with one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, but also sometimes on its own.

Biblical name

Abdi is the name of three men in the Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, ''Abdi'' (עַבְדִּ֖י) literally means "my servant", but may be an abbreviation for "servant of "Yahweh". *In ''Abdi'' is a Levite of the family of Merari. *In ''Abdi'' is a Levite in the time of King Hezekiah of Judah. This may be the same man as in 1 Chronicles 6:44. *In Ezra ''Abdi'' is the son of

Elam Elam (; Linear Elamite: ''hatamti''; Cuneiform Elamite: ; Sumerian: ; Akkadian: ; he, עֵילָם ''ʿēlām''; peo, 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ''hūja'') was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretc ...

, and one of a long list of men who had married foreign wives, and who then sent them away together with their children.

Given name

* Abdi-Ashirta (14th century BC), Canaanite ruler of Amurru *

Abdi-Heba Abdi-Heba (Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Hepat, or Abdi-Hebat) was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period (mid-1330s BC). Abdi-Heba's name can be translated as "servant of Hebat", a Hurrian goddess. Whether Abdi-Heba was himself of Hurrian d ...

(14th century BC.), Canaanite chieftain of Jerusalem *

Abdi-Milkutti Abdi-Milkutti (=Abdi-milki) was a King of Sidon (reigned ca. 680-677 BC) who rose up against Assyrian rule. He had formed an alliance with , king of Kundi and Sizu, a prince of the Lebanon, probably during the time of the civil war waged between ...

(7th century BC), Sidonian king *

Abdi-Riša Abdi-Riša was a ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence (1350–1335 BC). Another mayor of Enišasi, Šatiya, is found in the Amarna letters corpus. The name "Abdi-Riša" means ''"servant-Riša"''. Abdi- ...

(14th century BC), Phoenician ruler of Enišasi *

Abdi Behravanfar Abdi Behravanfar ( Persian : عبدی بهروانفر, born June 1975) is an Iranian singer-songwriter in Rock, country blues and Folk Blues style . He is founder of MUD band in Mashhad . He plays Guitar, Harmonica and Dotar( Persian folk l ...

, Iranian singer-songwriter *

Abdi Bile Abdi Bile ( so, Cabdi Bile Cabdi, ar, عبد بلي عبد ; born 28 December 1962) is a former middle distance runner. He holds the highest number of national records in athletics in Somalia across various disciplines. He is currently Somalia' ...

(born 1962), Somali athlete, World Champion *

Abdi Faras The Somalia national basketball team is the national basketball team of Somalia. It is a member of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and is governed by the ''Somali Basketball Federation''. Administration As of April 2014, Nur Moha ...

(born 1989), Somali basketball player * Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979), Turkish journalist *

Abdi Kassim Abdi Kassim (born October 19, 1984 in Zanzibar) is a footballer from Tanzania. International career Also known as BABI or sometime Ballack of unguja, Kassim was the first player to score a goal in Tanzania's new stadium in Dar es Salaam, the Be ...

, Zanzibari footballer *

Abdi Pasha (disambiguation) Abdi Pasha may refer to: * Abdurrahman Abdi Arnavut Pasha (1616–1686), Ottoman governor of Baghdad, Egypt (1676–80), Bosnia (1680–82), and Budin (1682–86) * Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha (court historian) (1630–1692), Ottoman official and hist ...

, various Ottoman people *

Abdi Toptani Abdi Toptani (28 August 1864 – 1 August 1942) was a 19th-century Albanian politician. He was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence along with his relative Murat. He served as Minister of Finances in the Provisional ...

(1864–1942), Albanian politician

Middle name

*Hamza Abdi Barre (born 1972), prime minister of Somali *Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, Somali anthropologist and politician

Surname

*Abbas Abdi (born 1956), Iranian politician *Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942), Somali author *Guled Abdi (Sultan), Guled Abdi, 1st Grand Sultan of the Isaaq clan *Abed Abdi, Palestinian artist *Akbar Abdi (born 1960), Iranian actor and comedian *Almen Abdi (born 1986), Swiss footballer *Bahador Abdi (born 1984), Iranian footballer *Barkhad Abdi (born 1985), Somali American actor and director *Behzad Abdi (born 1973), Iranian composer *Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Somali social activist *Hawa Abdi (1947−2020), Somali physician and activist *Jumadi Abdi, Indonesian footballer *Kamyar Abdi, Iranian archaeologist *Mohammad Abdi, Iranian writer *Ugbad Abdi, American fashion model *Youcef Abdi (born 1977), Australian runner *Yusuf Hassan Abdi, Somali politician, journalist and diplomat

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