Last name origin & meaning: Muslim: from the Arabic personal name ‛Abdullāh ‘servant
of Allah’. This was the name of the father of the Prophet Muhammad,
who died before Muhammad was born. In the Qur’an (19:30), Jesus calls
himself ‛Abdullāh: ‘He (Jesus) said: I am the servant of
Allah’. The name is also borne by Christian Arabs.
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