Abdul Hamid
Abdul Hamid (Arabic: عبد الحميد ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Ḥamid. The name means "servant of the All-laudable", al-Ḥamīd being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hamid, Hameed, or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
Males
- Abd al-Hamid al-Katib (died 749), Umayyad official and Islamic scholar
- 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk (fl. 830), Turkish Muslim mathematician
- Abdul Hamid Lahori (died 1654), Indian traveller and court historian of Shah Jahan
- Abdul Hamid Baba, Pashtun poet
- Abdul Hamid I (1725–1789), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdul Hamid (surveyor) (died ?1864), surveyor in Central Asia
- Abdul Hamid II (1842–1918), sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah (1864–1943), Sultan of Kedah
- Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (1880–1976), political leader in Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Abdulhamid Bey Gaytabashi (1884–1920), Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
- Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889–1940), Algerian Muslim scholar
- Abdul Hamid Karami (1890–1950), Lebanese politician
- ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari (1902–1972), Iranian Bahá'í scholar
- Sufi Abdul Hamid (1903–1938), African-American religious and labor leader
- Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (born 1925), Syrian soldier and politician
- Fouad Abdulhameed Alkhateeb (1925–1995), Saudi Arabian diplomat and businessman
- Abdelhamid Mehri (born 1926), Algerian politician
- Abdelhamid Bouchouk (1927–2004), Algerian footballer
- Abdul Hamid (field hockey) (born 1927), Gold medallist for Pakistan in 1960 Olympics
- Abdul Hameed (writer) (1928–2011), Pakistani Urdu writer
- Abdul Hamid Omar (1929–2009), Malaysian judge
- Abdelhamid I. Sabra, known as A. I. Sabra (born ca. 1930), Egyptian-American historian of science
- Abdelhamid Kermali (born 1931), Algerian footballer and football manager
- Abdul Hamid (soldier) (1933–1965), Indian soldier and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra
- Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996), Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam and author
- Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (1933–2007), Libyan politician
- Omar Abdul Hamid Karami, known as Omar Karami (born 1934), Lebanese politician
- Abdelhamid Brahimi (born 1936), Prime Minister of Algeria
- Mohsen Abdel Hamid (born 1937), Iraqi politician
- Abdelhamid Sharaf (1939–1980), Prime Minister of Jordan
- Abdelhamid Slama (born 1941), Tunisian politician
- Abdul Hamid II (field hockey) (born 1942), Silver medallist for Pakistan in 1964 Olympics
- Abdul Hameed Dogar (born 1944), Pakistani judge
- Abdul Hamid Pawanteh (born 1944), Malaysian politician
- Abdul Hameed Nayyar (born 1945), Pakistani physicist
- Abdolhamid Fathi (born 1948), Iranian fencer
- Wadgy Abd el-Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim (born ca. 1952), Egyptian Islamic preacher and writer
- Abdul Hamid Khan (politician) (born 1953), Pakistani politician
- Abdellatif Abdelhamid (born 1954), Syrian film director
- Gamal Abdelhamid (born 1957), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek)
- Abdelhamid Halim Ben-Mabrouk, known as Halim Benmabrouk (born 1960), French-Algerian footballer
- Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan, known as Mohammad Fouad (born 1961), Egyptian singer
- Abdel Hamid al-Ghazzawi (born 1962), Libyan Guantanamo detainee
- Ammar Abdulhamid (born 1966), Syrian political activist
- Yushau Abdulhameed Shuaib or Yushau Shuaib (born 1969), Nigerian writer
- Wazi Abdul Hamid (born 1971), Malaysian motorcyclist
- Abdelhamid Hassan (born 1972), Egyptian footballer
- Tamer Abdel Hamid (born 1975), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek)
- Abdolhamid Rigi (ca. 1979–2010), Iranian executed for terrorist offences
- Amir Abdelhamid (born 1979), Egyptian footballer (El-Ahly)
- Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid, known as Mido (footballer) (born 1983), Egyptian footballer
- Abdel Hamid Ahmed (born 1984), Egyptian footballer (El-Ahly)
- Abdelhameed Amarri (born 1984), Sudanese footballer
- Abdul Hameid Shabana (born 1985), Egyptian footballer
- Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid (born 1987), Malaysian footballer
- Abdülhamit Yıldız (born 1987), Turkish footballer
- Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born 1988), American basketball player
- Abdelhamid Abuhabib (born 1989), Palestinian Footballer
- Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (born 1990), French footballer of Moroccan descent
- Abdul Hamid, known as Bill Hamid (born 1990), American soccer player
- Abdulrahim Abdulhameed (born 1990), Bahraini Taekwondo practitioner
- Mohd Zabri Abdul Hamid (died 1975), Malaysian policeman
- Diwan Bhai Abdul Hamid, Chief Minister of Kapurthala Princely State in India under the British Raj
- Khwaja Abdul Hamied, Indian chemist and businessman
- Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, or Abid Hamid Mahmud, Iraqi military officer
- Abdul Hamid Khan (general), Pakistani soldier
- Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh
- Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid, Malaysian politician
- Abdelhamid Temmar, Algerian politician
- Abdul Hamid Ali Hassan, Bahraini diplomat
- Abdol-Hamid Heyrat Sajjadi, Iranian writer
- Abdul Hamid Adiamoh, Nigerian journalist
- Molavi Abdul Hamid, Iranian cleric
- B. H. Abdul Hameed, Sri Lankan Tamil radio broadcaster
- Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid, Iraqi-British film-maker
- Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui, Islamic scholar
- Abdelhamid Abdou, Egyptian footballer
- Abdul Hamid Bassiouny, Egyptian footballer (Haras el Hodood)
- An alias used by John Walker Lindh, American enemy combatant for Taliban
Females
- Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid (born 1929), Egyptian, first wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- Asmaa Abdol-Hamid (born 1981), Danish social worker and politician
- Sara Abdel-Hamid, known as Ikonika, British electronic musician, producer and DJ
Other
- Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, school in Malaysia
- Abdul Hamid Sharaf School, school in Jordan
- Masjid Abdul Hamid, mosque in Singapore
- Ottoman submarine Abdül Hamid, constructed 1886