Abdulaziz
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as an Islamic male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبد العزیز (ʼabd ül-ʼaziz), from Arabic عَبْد العَزِيز (ʕabd al-ʕazīz, literally “the servant of Aziz”), one of the 99 names for Allah.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Abdulaziz (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Abdulaziz has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 54 |
| 2000 | 58 |
| 2001 | 63 |
| 2002 | 61 |
| 2003 | 66 |
| 2004 | 71 |
| 2005 | 75 |
| 2006 | 85 |
| 2007 | 97 |
| 2008 | 97 |
| 2009 | 105 |
| 2010 | 123 |
| 2011 | 129 |
| 2012 | 139 |
| 2013 | 166 |
| 2014 | 192 |
| 2015 | 236 |
| 2016 | 315 |
| 2017 | 343 |
| 2018 | 364 |
| 2019 | 387 |
| 2020 | 392 |
Abdulaziz in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Abdulaziz.Hi! My name is Abdulaziz.
- Abdulaziz bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Abdulaziz lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Abdulaziz har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Abdulaziz has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Abdulaziz mamma är lärare.Abdulaziz's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Abdulaziz mamma is Abdulaziz's mum. Because Abdulaziz already ends in z, nothing is added.
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How do you pronounce Abdulaziz in Swedish?
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What does the name Abdulaziz mean?
Wiktionary describes it as an Islamic male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبد العزیز (ʼabd ül-ʼaziz), from Arabic عَبْد العَزِيز (ʕabd al-ʕazīz, literally “the servant of Aziz”), one of the 99 names for Allah.
How popular is Abdulaziz in Sweden?
5 babies were named Abdulaziz in 2022. In 2020, 392 people in Sweden had Abdulaziz as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.