Abd al-Aziz

Abd al-Aziz
Gender Male
Language(s) Arabic
Origin
Meaning Servant of (the Almighty) Allah

Abd al-Aziz (Arabic: عبد العزيز‎, DMG: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz), frequently also transliterated Abdul Aziz, is a male Muslim given name and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Aziz. The name means "servant of the Almighty", Al-Azīz being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. So the first part can appear as Abdel, without spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

Males

As patronymic

Females

As patronymic

See also

References

  1. ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
  2. ↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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