Abdi

Abdi is a male name. It is a given name with many origins in many countries including Arabic. Among others, one version has Arabic as origin, while another is of Biblical origin.

Abdi
GenderMale
Origin
Meaningservant

Arabic name

While Arabic speakers commonly use Abdu (عبده‎ / عبدو ʿabdu) rather than Abdi, both are nicknames for Abdul. It originates from the Arabic word عبد ال ʿabd al- / ʿabd el- / ʿabd ul-. The name translates as "servant of God"[1] in reference to religious submission to Allah (God). As such, it is often used by Muslims around the world in conjunction with one of the names of God in Islam, but also sometimes on its own.[1]

Biblical name

Abdi is the name of three men in the Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, Abdi (עַבְדִּ֖י) literally means "my servant", but may be an abbreviation for "servant of "Yahweh".[2]

Given name

Surname
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See also
  • Abdu (disambiguation), a nickname for the compound name or a given name. In this case it's not necessarily a name given to a Muslim
  • Abdul for further explanation
  • Abidi, a surname which refers to the descendants of Zayn al-Abidin
  • Obadiah
  • Abdy

References
  1. "Long", Harry Alfred (1883). Personal and family names: a popular monograph on the origin and history of the nomenclature of the present and former times. Hamilton, Adams & co. pp. 260.
  2. https://biblehub.com/topical/a/abdi.htm
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