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theophoric name A theophoric name (from Greek: , ''theophoros'', literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that dei ...
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Islamic names


''Abdul'' with names of God

Following are names consisting of the appellation ''abdul'', "servant of", followed by one of the names associated with God in the Qur'an. * Abdullah * Abdul Ahad * Abdul Akbar * Abdul Alim * Abdul Ali * Abdul Ati * Abdul Azim *
Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz or Abdul-Aziz may refer to: * Abd al-Aziz, a male Arabic theophoric name, commonly abbreviated as Aziz People * Sultan Abdulaziz (1830–1876), sultan of the Ottoman Empire * King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud (1876–1953), founder of Saudi ...
* Abdul Bari *
Abdul Baqi ʻAbd al-Bāqī (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الباقي) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Bāqī'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It ...
* Abdul Barr * Abdul Basir *
Abdul Basit ʻAbd al-Bāsiṭ (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الباسط) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Bāsiṭ'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric name ...
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Abdul Batin Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
* Abdul Fattah *
Abdul Ghaffar ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to th ...
* Abdul Ghafur *
Abdul Ghani Abdul Ghani ( ar, عبد الغني ) or Abdulghani or Abdelghani or similar variants is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and ''Ghani''. The name means "servant of the All- ...
* Abdul Haafiz *
Abdul Haakim Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
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Abdul Hadi ʻAbd al-Hādī (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الهادي) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Hādī'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to th ...
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Abdul Hafiz ʻAbd al-Ḥafīẓ (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحفيظ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥafīẓ'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give ri ...
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Abdul Hakam Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
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Abdul Hakim Abdul Hakim ( ar, عبد الحكيم, translit=ʻAbd al-Ḥakīm) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, first name or surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and ''Hakim''. The name means "servant of the All-wise ...
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Abdul Halim ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحليم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥalīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gives rise ...
* Abdul Hamid * Abdul Haq *
Abdul Hasib Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
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Abdul Hai Abdul Hai ( ar, عبد الحي, translit=Abd al-Ḥayy) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and ''Hayy''. The name means "servant of the Living God", ''Al-Hayy'' being one ...
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Abdul Jabbar ʻAbd al-Jabbār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الجبار) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Jabbār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to ...
* Abdul Jalil *
Abdul Jamil ʻAbd al-Jamīl (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الجميل) is a Muslim given name of Arabic origin, made from the elements '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Jamīl'', meaning ''servant of the beautiful one''. It may refer to: * Abdul Jamil Khan (born 1 ...
* Abdul Kafi * Abdul Karim * Abdul Khaliq *
Abdul Latif Abdul Latif ( ar, عبد اللطيف, translit=ʻAbd al-Laṭīf) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Laṭīf'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave rise to ...
* Abdul Maajid * Abdul Majeed * Abdul Maalik * Abdul Malik * Abdul Mannan * Abdul Matin * Abdul Muhaimin * Abdul Muid * Abdul Muizz * Abdul Mujib * Abdul Mumin * Abdul Monem * Abdul Muqit * Abdul Muqtadir * Abdul Musawwir * Abdul Mutali * Abdul Muti * Abdul Nabi * Abdul Nasir * Abdul Nur *
Abdul Qadir Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and '' Qadir''. The name means "servant of the powerful", ''Al-Qādir'' being one of the names of God in th ...
* Abdul Qahir * Abdul Qawi *
Abdul Qayyum ʻAbd al-Qayyūm (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد القيوم) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Qayyūm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. ...
* Abdul Quddus * Abdur Rab * Abdur Rafi *
Abdur Rahim ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الرحيم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''ʻabd'', ''al-Raḥīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to ...
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Abdur Rahman Abd al-Rahman ( ar, عبد الرحمن, translit=ʿAbd al-Raḥmān or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman''; also Abdul Rahman) is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' ...
* Abdur Raqib *
Abdur Rashid ʻAbd al-Rashīd (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الرشيد) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''Abd (Arabic), ʻabd'' and ''al-Rashīd'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which ...
* Abdur Rauf * Abdur Razzaq * Abdur Rida * Abdus Sabur *
Abdus Salam Mohammad Abdus Salam Salam adopted the forename "Mohammad" in 1974 in response to the anti-Ahmadiyya decrees in Pakistan, similarly he grew his beard. (; ; 29 January 192621 November 1996) was a Punjabis, Punjabi Pakistani theoretical physici ...
* Abdul Samad * Abdus Sami *
Abdus Sattar ʻAbd al-Sattār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الستّار) is an Arabic Muslim male given name, built on the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Sattār''. The name means "servant of the Veiler (of sins)". Because the letter s is a sun lett ...
* Abdus Shakur * Abdus Subhan * Abdul Tawwab * Abdul Wahid *
Abdul Wadud ʻAbd al-Wadūd (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الودود) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Wadūd'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. ...
* Abdul Wahhab *
Abdul Wakil Idris Abdul Wakil (10 April 1925 – 15 March 2000) was the President of Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archip ...
* Abdul Wali * Abdul Wasi * Abdul Zahir


Allah suffix – ''of Allah''

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Amanullah Amanullah or Amanallah is a male Muslim given name ( ar , أمان الله ) meaning the trust or protection of God. It may refer to: * Amānullāh Khān (1892–1960), ruler of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929 * Amanullah Khan (disambiguation), sev ...
* Aminullah * Asadullah *
Ataullah Ataullah ( ar, عطا ٱلله) or the alternative Atallah is an Arabic given name meaning "gift of God", composed of '' Ata'' (''gift'') + ''Allah'' (''God''). It is also a surname to Middle Eastern Christians, derived from the Aramaic form ''Att ...
* Atiqullah * Azimullah * Azizullah * Baha'allah * Baitullah * Barkatullah * Billah * Daifallah * Dhikrullah * Faizullah * Fathallah * Fazlallah * Ihsanullah * Habibullah * Hafizullah * Hamidullah * Hayatullah * Hibat Allah * Hidayatullah * Lutfullah * Ikramullah * Inayatullah * Ismatullah *
Izzatullah Izzatullah, also spelled Ezzatullah or Ezatullah, is a common masculine muslim given name, formed from the elements '' Izzat'' and ''Allah'' of originally Arabic origin and meaning 'majesty', 'honor' and 'might' of Allah. The name is widespread amo ...
* Khaleelullah * Kaleemullah * Karamatallah * Khalilullah *
Mashallah ''Mashallah'' ( ar, مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, '), also written Masha'Allah, Maşallah ( Turkey and Azerbaijan), Masya Allah ( Malaysia and Indonesia), Maschallah ( Germany), and Mašallah (Bosnia), is an Arabic phrase that is used to ex ...
* Muhibullah * Najibullah * Naqibullah *
Nasrallah Nasrullah ( ar, نصرالله , lit=victory of God) is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasralla ...
* Nimatullah * Nurullah * Obaidullah * Qudratullah * Rahmatullah * Rasoolullah * Rizqallah * Ruhullah *
Saadallah Saadallah, also spelled Saadullah, Sa'dullah or Sadollah ( ar , سعد الله ) is a male given name meaning ''Joy of God''. People with the name include: People with the given name * Sadullah Ergin (born 1964), Turkish politician * Sadullah Gü ...
* Saifullah * Safiullah * Sanaullah * Samiullah * Shafiqullah *Sharifullah * Sibghathullah * Ubaydallah *
Waliullah A wali (''wali'' ar, وَلِيّ, '; plural , '), the Arabic word which has been variously translated "master", "authority", "custodian", "protector", is most commonly used by Muslims to indicate an Islamic saint, otherwise referred to by the ...
* Yadollah * Zabihallah * Zafarullah Zakatullah is also reported in Pakistan (Zakat = handout, Allah is the name of God)


ad-Din suffix – ''Faith,Creed''


Rahman — ''Compassionate''

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Abdur Rahman Abd al-Rahman ( ar, عبد الرحمن, translit=ʿAbd al-Raḥmān or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman''; also Abdul Rahman) is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' ...
* Anisur Rahman * Ata-ur-Rahman * Azizur Rahman * Fazl ur Rahman * Habib ur Rahman * Khalil-ur-Rehman * Lutfur Rahman * Matiur Rahman * Mizanur Rahman * Saifur Rahman * Shafiq ur Rahman * Shamsur Rahman *
Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup ...
* Muneeb Ur Rehman * Asif Ur Rehman * Ateeq Ur Rehman * Fasi Ur Rehman


Others

* Abdul Rasul * Abdolreza *
Abdul Hussein Abdul Hussein ( ar, عبد الحسين) (also transliterated as Abd al-Husayn, Abdolhossein, or Abdul Husayn) is a masculine Muslim given name, the name is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and ''Hussein'', and means ''Servant of Huss ...


Non-Islamic names


Pre-Islamic

* Abdul Uzza *
Abd Manaf Abd Manaf al-Mughirah ibn Qusai ( ar, عبد مناف ٱلمغيرة ٱبن قصي, ''ʿAbd Manāf al-Mughīrah ibn Quṣayy'') was a Qurayshi and great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His father was Quṣai ibn Kilāb. Biogr ...
* Wahabullat, Vaballathus, the name of the Son of
Zenobia Septimia Zenobia ( Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the cit ...
, the Queen of
Palmyra Palmyra (; Palmyrene: () ''Tadmor''; ar, تَدْمُر ''Tadmur'') is an ancient city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early secon ...


Arab Christian Arab Christians ( ar, ﺍَﻟْﻤَﺴِﻴﺤِﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, translit=al-Masīḥīyyūn al-ʿArab) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic-speakers who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who l ...

* Abdul Masih, "servant of the
Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
" * Abdel Salib, "servant of the
Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a s ...
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Abdel Shahid Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
, "servant of the
Martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...
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Islamic Names
List of Islamic Names for Servants of Allah Names {{DEFAULTSORT:Arabic theophoric names Lists of names Theophoric names