Arabic male names draw primarily from Classical and Modern Standard Arabic. A distinctive male pattern is the theophoric construction ʿAbd al- + one of the divine names, yielding forms like Abd al-Aziz, Abd al-Karim, Abd al-Rashid, and Abd al-Bari; regional spellings include Abdel- and Abdul-. Many men’s names are active participles in the faʿil pattern, such as Aadil, Aamir, and Aarif. Masculine forms typically avoid the feminine -a/-ah ending.

Modern usage shows wide transliteration variation across countries and diasporas (e.g., Abdallah, Abdel Hadi, Abdirahman). Hyphenation and spacing in ʿAbd al- names vary in official documents and databases.