Abdul Hamid

Abdel Hamid (Arabic: عبد الحميد) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Ḥamid. The name means "servant of the All-laudable", al-Ḥamīd being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave 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 e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hamid, Hameed, or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

Men

Women

  • Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid (born 1929), Egyptian, first wife of King Hussein of Jordan
  • Asmaa Abdol-Hamid (born 1981), Danish social worker and politician
  • Rana Abdelhamid, Egyptian-American self-defense advocate
  • Sara Abdel-Hamid, known as Ikonika, British electronic musician, producer and DJ
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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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