Abdi is an Arabic male name or compound word, that is related to Abdul.

Abdi is often used as part of a Muslim name meaning servant. Abdi is then followed by one of the Names of God in Islam, signifying servant of God. Each of the names of Allah are adjectives describing Him. For example, Abdi-Fatah would mean the Servant of the Opener. The name is especially common in Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. Its also used by Arab Christians, for example using names such as Abdul Masih, meaning servant of the messiah

Messiah

A messiah is a redeemer figure expected or foretold in one form or another by a religion. Slightly more widely, a messiah is any redeemer figure. Messianic beliefs or theories generally relate to eschatological improvement of the state of humanity or the world, in other words the World to...

.

Given name

• Abdi Behravanfar
  Abdi Behravanfar
  Abdi Behravanfar is an Iranian Singer, guitar player and singer-songwriter. He plays harmonica in country blues style. He is a member of MUD band in Mashhad and had a collaboration for many years with Mohsen Namjoo....
  
   (born 1975), Iranian Singer-songwriter
• Abdi İpekçi
  Abdi Ipekçi
  Abdi İpekçi was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and an activist for human rights. He was murdered while editor-in-chief of the Turkish daily newspaper Milliyet.-Biography:...
  
  , Turkish journalist
• Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, Somali Minister of Defense
• Abdi Toptani, Albanian politician

Surname

• Abbas Abdi
  Abbas Abdi
  Abbas Abdi is one of Iran's most influential reformists, journalist, self-taught sociologist and social activist.Abdi studied Polymer engineering at Poly Technique University in Tehran. He was a member of editorial board of Salam newspaper...
  
   (born c.1956), Iranian politician
• Abdi Sheik Abdi
  Abdi Sheik Abdi
  Abdi Abdulkadir Sheik-Abdi is a Somali author based in the United States.-Biography:Sheikh-Abdi holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English Literature and African Studies from the State University of New York and a doctorate in African History from Boston University...
  
   (born 1942), Somali author
• Akbar Abdi
  Akbar Abdi
  Akbar Abdi , born in 1960, Tehran, Iran is an Iranian actor and comedian. Akbar Abdi proved his talent through a TV series consisting of children's programming ....
  
   (born 1960), Iranian actor and comedian
• Almen Abdi
  Almen Abdi
  Almen Abdi is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Udinese.-Career:He was part of the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning team with FC Zurich. Abdi was awarded an improved contract until summer 2010 in June 2006. Abdi was in November 2009 promoted to the reserve...
  
   (born 1986), Swiss footballer
• Bahador Abdi (born 1984), Iranian footballer
• Dekha Ibrahim Abdi
  Dekha Ibrahim Abdi
  Dekha Ibrahim Abdi was an ethnic Somali peace activist based in Mombasa, Kenya. A Kenyan citizen, she worked as a consultant to government and civil society organisations.-Personal life:...
  
  , Kenyan peace practitioner based
• Youcef Abdi
  Youcef Abdi
  Youcef Abdi is an Australian athlete who specializes in the 3000 m steeplechase. He was born in Algeria, but changed nationality to Australia in 2000.- Achievements :...
  
   (born 1977), Australian runner

See also

• Abidi
  Abidi
  Abidi or Abedi is the surname for a family belonging to the offsprings of Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Zain-ul-Abideen or Imam Abid whose real name was Ali ibn Husayn. They belong to the Sayyid community...
  
  , a surname
  Surname
  A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
  
   which refers to the descendants of Zayn al-Abidin
• Obadiah
  Obadiah
  Obadiah is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh." It is related to "Abdeel", "servant of God", which is also cognate to the Arabic name "Abdullah". Turkish name Abdil or Abdi. The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is...
  
  

Abd Bile Somalian Olympic Gold winner 1500m

Other uses

Abdi is also the name of three men in the Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...

• In Abdi is a Levite
  Levite
  In Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
  
   of the family of Merari
  Merari
  According to the Torah, Merari was one of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Merarites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times; the Hebrew word Merari means sad/bitter...
  
  .
• In Abdi is a Levite
  Levite
  In Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
  
   in the time of King Hezekiah
  Hezekiah
  Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah. Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. He is also one of the most prominent kings of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible....
  
   of Judah
  Kingdom of Judah
  The Kingdom of Judah was a Jewish state established in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. It is often referred to as the "Southern Kingdom" to distinguish it from the northern Kingdom of Israel....
  
  . This may be the same man as in 1 Chronicles 6:44.
• In Ezra
  Book of Ezra
  The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible. Originally combined with the Book of Nehemiah in a single book of Ezra-Nehemiah, the two became separated in the early centuries of the Christian era...
  
    Abdi is the son of Elam
  Elam
  Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran. Elam was centered in the far west and the southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province, as well as a small part of southern Iraq...
  
  , and one of a long list of men who had married foreign wives, and who then sent them away together with their children.