Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Abdelilah Name Meaning in Islam
Servant of God.
- Meaning
- Servant of God. Moroccan boys name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ء-ل-ه
- Urdu
- عبدالاله
- Pronunciation
- ab-de-LI-lah
- Lucky number
- 8
Is Abdelilah an Islamic name? Yes. Abdelilah is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Servant of God. Moroccan boys name. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ء-ل-ه. From ʾ-l-h, divinity, al-Ilāh is the God, the same root as Allāh; ʿAbd al-Ilāh means servant of the God.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ain-Ba-Dal of the servant, Alif and Lam the article that joins, Alif again the origin, Lam joining, Ha-light the He-ness of divinity. Servant, joining, origin, joining, divinity, a name that is a confession of pure tawḥīd.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Abdelilah carries fire and water together, the two most different elements, will and mercy in one hand. This is a person of intense inner weather, capable of both flame and calm depth. Sitting inside the reading is Al-Alim, the All-Knowing, giving the bearer a knowing that predates study, softened by Al-Latif, the Gracious, carried as an unshowy kindness that reaches the tender parts. A person named Abdelilah runs deep water under a steady flame.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The Maghrebi-French spelling of ʿAbd al-Ilāh (عبد الإله), 'servant of God', where ilāh is the generic Arabic word for deity (the same root that yields Allāh, the definite form: 'the God'). To name a son ʿAbd al-Ilāh is to use the slightly archaic form of the more common Abdullah, marking lineage and tribal usage in some Maghrebi families.
Used most often in Morocco and Algeria, with the spelling preserved through French romanisation. Pairs commonly with names like Abdelaziz, Abdelkrim, Abderrahman. Bearer notes: Abdelilah Benkirane, Moroccan politician (former prime minister, 2011–2017); Abdelilah Bagui, Moroccan footballer.
Variants: Abd al-Ilah, Abdul-Ilah, Abdelillah, Abdoulillah. Related ʿAbd-names that point to Allah by attribute or by name: Abdullah (the One God), Abderrahman (the Merciful), Abdul Karim (the Generous), Abdul Salam (the Source of Peace).
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Abdelilah Benkiraneb. 1954·MoroccoPrime Minister of Morocco 2011–2017, leader of the PJD
- Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz1913–1958·IraqRegent of Iraq 1939–1953, killed in the 14 July Revolution
How to Pronounce Abdelilah
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This is one of the Abdul compounds. Abdul on its own means servant of the, and waits for the name of God that completes it. The rule, and all 94 forms →
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