Abdullahi
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Meaning | Servant of God |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Abdillahi, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, and many others |
Related names | Abdiel, Obadiah |
Abdullahi (also spelled Abdollahi and Abdillahi) is a male given name also common as a surname. It is a variation of the Arabic personal name Abdullah. The variant Abdullahi is most common in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Ethiopia.
Abdullahi may refer to: is a male given name, it is a variation of the Arabic language (عبدالله), meaning “God’s servant.”
Given name
[edit]- Abdullahi Ahmed Addow (born 1936), Somali politician
- Abdullahi Ahmed Irro, Somali military General
- Abdillahi Deria, d(1967) former Sultan of the Isaaq clan
- Abdullahi Afrah (died 2008), Somali leader of UIC
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (born 1934), President of Somalia
- Abdullahi Sudi Arale, Somali Guantanamo detainee
- Abdullahi Sadiq, Ethiopian politician
- Abdullahi dan Fodio (c. 1766–1828), Sultan of Gwandu and scholar
- Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846–1899) Mahdist Ansar ruler of Sudan
- Abdullahi Ibrahim, Nigerian politician
- Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, Somali politician
- Abdullahi Issa (1922–1988), first prime minister of Somalia
- Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (born 1949), Nigerian retired Major-General
- Abdullahi al-Harari, Ethiopian Islamic Scholar
- Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Prime Minister of Somalia
- Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Nigerian Administrator and Politician
- Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 2022), Somali general and politician
Surname
[edit]- Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi, Nigerian army officer
- Hamza Abdullahi (1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor
- Hassan Abdillahi, Somali journalist
- Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958), Somali-Canadian scholar
- Nasrollah Abdollahi (born 1951), Iranian football player and coach
- Sadiq Abdullahi (born 1960), Nigerian tennis player