Abdul-Hadi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AB-dul-HAA-dee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
Abdul-Hadi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of the Guide”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies).
What does Abdul-Hadi mean?
Arabic
“servant of the Guide”
Al-Hadi, 'the Guide', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Abdul-Hadi a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdul-Hadi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdul-Hadi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,537th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Abdul-Hadi, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 38 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdul-Hadi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Abdul-Hadi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #1,537 for this spelling alone.
- Abdul-Hadi 18
- Abdul-Haadi 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Abdul-Hadi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 38 | #913 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
Names like Abdul-Hadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Mustafa, Musa, Zayaan, Ahmed, Amir, Rafi, Zayan, Huzaifa, Ibrahim, Azaan
Other spellings of Abdul-Hadi
Names related to Abdul-Hadi
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abdul-Hadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdul-hadi, updated 20 October 2026.