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 [ 2 syll. ab-dul, abd-ul ] The boy name Abdul is pronounced as aeBDUWL KEY. Abdul is used chiefly in Arabic and its origin is also Arabic. Abdul is of the meaning servant of. The name Abdel (Arabic) and the name Abdus (Urdu) are variants of Abdul. In addition, Abdul is a short form of the name Abdallah (Arabic). Abdul is also a short form of the name Abdullah (Arabic). Abdul is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1975, 0.010% of baby boys were named Abdul. Its ranking then was #654. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity, and is today of infrequent use. Within the group of boy names directly related to Abdul, Abdullah (Arabic) was the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Abdul include Abdel (Arabic), Abdiel (English, Hebrew, and Spanish), Abd Allah (Arabic), Abd-Allah (Arabic), Abdalah (Arabic), Abdalla (Arabic and Swahili), Abdallah (Arabic), Abdoullah (Arabic), Abdulah (Arabic), Abdullah (Arabic), Avdiel (Hebrew), Avital (Hebrew), and Abdualla (Arabic). KEY: English pronunciation for Abdul: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
