Abdullah
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Amatullah; variant forms 'Abd Allah, Abd Allah, Abd' Ulah, Abd-Allah, Abdalah, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdu'llah, Abdulah, Abdulla, ʻAbd Allāh. Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Abdullah (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, Abdullah has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | 12 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 14 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 20 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2011 | 22 |
| 2012 | 28 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 37 |
| 2016 | 29 |
| 2017 | 32 |
| 2018 | 37 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 33 |
| 2021 | 28 |
| 2022 | 23 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 322 |
| 2000 | 335 |
| 2001 | 360 |
| 2002 | 383 |
| 2003 | 423 |
| 2004 | 446 |
| 2005 | 476 |
| 2006 | 527 |
| 2007 | 606 |
| 2008 | 702 |
| 2009 | 803 |
| 2010 | 874 |
| 2011 | 947 |
| 2012 | 1,017 |
| 2013 | 1,104 |
| 2014 | 1,306 |
| 2015 | 1,533 |
| 2016 | 2,000 |
| 2017 | 2,294 |
| 2018 | 2,526 |
| 2019 | 2,661 |
| 2020 | 2,713 |
Abdullah in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Abdullah.Hi! My name is Abdullah.
- Har du träffat Abdullah? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Abdullah? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Abdullah kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Abdullah is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Abdullahs mamma är lärare.Abdullah's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Abdullahs mamma is Abdullah's mum.
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What does the name Abdullah mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Amatullah; variant forms 'Abd Allah, Abd Allah, Abd' Ulah, Abd-Allah, Abdalah, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdu'llah, Abdulah, Abdulla, ʻAbd Allāh. Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.
How popular is Abdullah in Sweden?
23 babies were named Abdullah in 2022. In 2020, 2,713 people in Sweden had Abdullah as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2015 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.