Abdul Ghani

Abdul Ghani (Arabic: عبد الغني), Abdel Ghani, Abdul Gani, Abdelgani, Abdelghani, Abdulgani, Abdulghani, or Abd Ghani is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Ghani. The name means "servant of the All-sufficient", Al-Ghaniyy being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. The last element may appear as Gani, Ghany or in other ways, with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. There is also the West African variant Abdul Ganiyu. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Abdel Ghani

Abdul Gani

Abdul Ghani

Abdelgani

Abdelghani

Abdulgani

Abdulghani

Surname

Abd Ghani

Abdel Ghani

Abdul Ghani

Abdelghani

Abdulghani

Nicknames

See also

References

  1. ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
  2. ↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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