What is the female equivalent of the name "Abdullah"?

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Abdullah is a pretty common for Muslim males which means 'Servant of Allah'.

I'd like to know the female equivalent of it as I have not come across any females with a similar nomenclature.

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Amatullah I believe – Preordainment Apr 01 '20 at 14:03

Medi1Saif · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-02T15:17:33.893

The Arabic equivalent of

'Abdullah
عبد الله

is

Amatullah
أمة الله

Because the feminine of

' Abd
عبد

Is

Amah
أمة

Other synonyms are:

جاريَة Jariah.
خادِمَة Khadimah.
عَبْدَة Abdah'.
مَمْلُوكَة. Mamlukah

I must say that I have hardly heard of anybody naming his daughter Amatullah, but heard of a convert who gave herself this name.
Basically equivalent to all the names that include one of Allah's names for men their female forms are allowed for female names like Amatullah,

Amatu-Rahman
أمة الرحمان/الرحمن،
Amatu-ar-Razaq
أمة الرزاق.
etc.

according to this fatwa on islamweb (in Arabic). However they recommend when calling a person not to call her (briefly) Amah. But this is just a recommendation not a prohibition to do so.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '20 at 22:23

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There are some, like

عبيدة or

عبيدة الله or more rarely, in Morocco there are women called

عوبيدة
There's a feminine for sure

answered Apr 01 '20 at 22:23

us er

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'Obaydah عبيدة is a diminutive of ' Abdah عبدة. – Medi1Saif Apr 02 '20 at 14:58
In Morocco it's used, but I think that it is more of a Moroccan nuance thing, rather than a pejorative term – us er Apr 02 '20 at 14:59

What is the female equivalent of the name "Abdullah"?

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