Abdi is a male name. It is a given name used in several countries with different origins. The Oromo version of the name, used within Ethiopia, translates to ‘Hope’. Among others, one version has a Arabic meaning which is loosely translated as 'servant of God'.
Arabic name
While Arabic speakers commonly use Abdu (عبده / عبدوʿabdu) rather than Abdi, both are nicknames for Abdul. It originates from the Arabic word عبد الʿabd al- / ʿabd el- / ʿabd ul-. The name translates as "servant of God"[1] in reference to religious submission to
Allah (God). As such, it is often used by
Muslims around the world in conjunction with one of the
names of God in Islam, but also sometimes on its own.[1]
Biblical name
Abdi is the name of three men in the
Hebrew Bible. In
Hebrew, Abdi (עַבְדִּ֖י) literally means "my servant", but may be an abbreviation for "servant of "Yahweh".[2]
In
2 Chronicles 29:12Abdi is a Levite in the time of King
Hezekiah of
Judah. This may be the same man as in 1 Chronicles 6:44.
In
Ezra10:26Abdi is the son of
Elam, and one of a long list of men who had married foreign wives, and who then sent them away together with their children.
Given name
Abdi-Ashirta (14th century BC), Canaanite ruler of Amurru
Abdi-Heba (14th century BC.), Canaanite chieftain of Jerusalem
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