Abdu

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Abdu is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name30K records spelled Abdu20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, India, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Abdù, Abdū, Abdü, Äbdu, Ãbdü

• Hindi given name28K records spelled Abdu13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Abdü, Åbdú, Äbdu, Abďu, Äbdú

• Amharic given name15K records spelled Abdu6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Ethiopia, United States, India

  Also written አብዱ, Abedu, Abdü, Àbedu

• Indonesian given name12K records spelled Abdu3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Åbdú

• Turkish given name6.2K records spelled Abdu9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Nigeria, India

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Abdü, Âbdü, Abdù, Äbdu, Äbdü

• Spanish given name3.8K records spelled Abdu16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, India

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Aaboud, Abdú, Abdů, Ãbdü, Âbdu

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Abdu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• servant of God

  as a name·Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

• In Hausa, A short form of any of various male given names starting with Abdu-, like Àbdùllāhì or Àbdùlƙādìr̃.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In akk, servant, slave

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In tuw-pro, cattle, herd

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Abdo Dagherb. 1936EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian musician
• Abdu Katuntub. 1965UGUgandan politician
• Abdo Mohammed Abdullah Beshrb. 1968YEnot in their usual nameYemeni minister
• Abdu Kiarb. 1976ETmusician
• Abdoh Albesisib. 1977SAnot in their usual nameassociation football player
• Dr. Hussaini AbduNGCountry director of action aid Nigeria And activist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 195 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Abdu?

Our records include 66,844 bearers of Abdu across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Abdu have the most bearers?

Abdu is most frequently recorded in the United States.

Is Abdu a male or female name?

Abdu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Abdu mean?

Recorded meaning: Worshipper of God.