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Allah - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Allah

[ 2 syll. al-lah, all-ah ] The name Allah is pronounced as AALah KEY. Allah is used predominantly in the Arabic, English, and German languages, and its origin is Arabic. Derived from the element 'al-ilah' which means deity. See also the related forms, Aladdin (English) and Aladin (German).

Allah is unusual as a first name. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Allah include Aali (Arabic), Alaa (Arabic), Alao (Portuguese), Ali (Arabic and English), Allie (English), Aulay (Scottish), Olley (English), Olli (English), Ollie (English), Olly (English), Ulli (German), Al (English), Aleix (Catalan), Alejo (Spanish), Aloha (Hawaiian), Ayal (Hebrew), Elia (Dutch, German, Italian, and Zuni), Iliya (Slavic), Ol (English), and Alaois (Irish).

KEY: Pronunciation for Allah: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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