The baby name Abdul-Aleem is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic IPA: [ʕabd alˈʕaliːm]; Common English: /əbˈdʊl əˈliːm/ — ab-DUL uh-LEEM.
The baby name Abdul-Aleem is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic IPA: [ʕabd alˈʕaliːm]; Common English: /əbˈdʊl əˈliːm/ — ab-DUL uh-LEEM.
Abdul-Aleem is Arabic, Islamic in Origin.
Abdul-Aleem is an Arabic theophoric masculine name formed from Abd “servant,” the definite article al, and Alim “the All‑Knowing,” one of the 99 Names of God in Islam; it signifies “servant of the All‑Knowing.” The compound belongs to a long tradition of devotional names used since the earliest Islamic centuries to express servitude to God through one of His epithets.
Found across the Arabic-speaking world and the broader Muslim diaspora, it appears in many orthographies: Abd al-Alim (classical transliteration), Abdul Aleem/Abdul-Aleem (South Asian and English forms), Abdulalim, Abdel Alim or Abdelalim (North Africa), Abdol Alim/Abdolalim (Persian), and Abdülalim (Turkish). Because Abd means “servant,” Abdul on its own is incomplete; the second element (a Divine Name) is integral. Related names substitute other epithets, e.g., Abdul-Aziz, Abdul-Hakim, or Abdul-Rahim, while Aleem alone functions as an independent given name in some communities.
Abdul-Aleem is far from common. We count 20 recorded uses of it across 5 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,165 | 14 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Abdul-Aleem is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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