Ubaidullah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-BAY-dul-LAH
- Origin
- Arabic
Ubaidullah is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little servant of God”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ubaidullah mean?
Arabic: Arabic Ubaydullah, from Ubayd and Allah
“little servant of God”
Arabic name combining Ubayd, a diminutive of abd, 'servant', with Allah; widely used in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Is Ubaidullah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ubaidullah is a boys' name.
How popular is Ubaidullah in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ubaidullah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ubaidullah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
Names like Ubaidullah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Ahmed, Muhammad, Abdulrahman, Abdallah, Abdurrahman, Mustafa, Abdullahi, Abdirahman, Hamza, Saifullah, Abdur-Rahman
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, 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, “Ubaidullah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ubaidullah, updated 20 October 2026.