A Name Story by Houdhoud
عَبْد الْقَادِر
Abdulqader
ab-dul-QAA-dir
“Servant of the All-Powerful.”
About Abdulqader
Abdulqader is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "servant of the all-powerful" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Compound: 'abd' (servant) + 'al-Qadir' (the All-Powerful), one of the names of God.
Very common across Arab and Maghrebi families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Abdul Qadir, Abdelkader
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Abdulqader is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Abdulqader before.
- Emir Abdelkader (1808–1883), Algerian leader and scholar
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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