Abdi

Abdi is part of a male given name. In Ethiopia, especially in Oromia it's a male name meaning "HOPE".

Abdi is a Muslim name and means "servant", Abdi or Abdul is always followed by one of the 99 names of Allah, signifying "servant of God". Each of the 99 names of Allah or God are adjectives describing Him. For example, Abdi-Fatah would mean the "Servant of the Opener".

Abdi is also the name of three men in the Hebrew Bible:

• In 1 Chronicles 6:44 Abdi is a Levite of the family of Merari.
• In 2 Chronicles 29:12 Abdi is a Levite in the time of King Hezekiah of Judah. This may be the same man as in 1 Chronicles 6:44.
• In Ezra 10:26 Abdi is the son of Elam, and one of a long list of men who had married foreign wives, and who then sent them away together with their children.

Abdi (also spelled Abidi) when used as family name refers to the descendants of Imam Zain-ul-Abidin ibn Hussain ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Abdi, as a surname, may also refer to:

• Abbas Abdi (born c.1956), Iranian politician
• Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942), Somali author
• Akbar Abdi (born 1960), Iranian actor and comedian
• Almen Abdi (born 1986), Swiss footballer
• Bahador Abdi (born 1984), Iranian footballer
• Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Kenyan peace practitioner based
• Youcef Abdi (born 1977), Australian runner abdi is a mola