Abdullahi

For other uses, see Abdullah (disambiguation) and Abdollah (disambiguation).

Abdullahi

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Servant of God
Other names
Variant form(s)	Abdillahi, Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, and many others
Related names	Abdiel, Obadiah

Abdullahi (also spelled Abdollahi and Abdillahi) is a male given name also common as a surname. It is a variation of the Arabic personal name Abdullah. The variant Abdullahi is most common in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

Abdullahi may refer to: is a male given name, it is a variation of the Arabic language (عبدالله), meaning “God’s servant.”

Given name

• Abdullahi Ahmed Addow (born 1936), Somali politician
• Abdullahi Ahmed Irro, Somali military General
• Abdillahi Deria, d(1967) former Sultan of the Isaaq clan
• Abdullahi Afrah (died 2008), Somali leader of UIC
• Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (born 1934), President of Somalia
• Abdullahi Sudi Arale, Somali Guantanamo detainee
• Abdullahi Sadiq, Ethiopian politician
• Abdullahi dan Fodio (c. 1766–1828), Sultan of Gwandu and scholar
• Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846–1899) Mahdist Ansar ruler of Sudan
• Abdullahi Ibrahim, Nigerian politician
• Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, Somali politician
• Abdullahi Issa (1922–1988), first prime minister of Somalia
• Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (born 1949), Nigerian retired Major-General
• Abdullahi al-Harari, Ethiopian Islamic Scholar
• Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Prime Minister of Somalia
• Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Nigerian Administrator and Politician
• Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow (died 2022), Somali general and politician

Surname

• Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi, Nigerian army officer
• Hamza Abdullahi (1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor
• Hassan Abdillahi, Somali journalist
• Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958), Somali-Canadian scholar
• Nasrollah Abdollahi (born 1951), Iranian football player and coach
• Sadiq Abdullahi (born 1960), Nigerian tennis player

See also

• Abdullah (name)
• Abdulahi
• Abdollahi