Abdul Majid

ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of عبد المجيد, ), also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Majīd, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-glorious". It is rendered in Turkish as Abdülmecid.

There is a distinct but closely related name, ʻAbd al-Mājid (عبد الماجد), with a similar meaning, formed on the Qur'anic name al-Mājid. Some of the names below are instance of the latter one.

'Abd al-Majid may refer to:

Given name

 * Abdülmecid I (1823–1861), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
 * Abdülmecid II (1868–1944), Head of the Ottoman Imperial House and the final Ottoman Caliph
 * Abdul Madzhid (Dagestan rebel) (died 2008), leader in the Second Chechen War
 * Abdul Majeed (cricketer, born 1993), Pakistani cricketer
 * Abdul Majeed (Kalat cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
 * Abdul Majid (physicist), Pakistani astrophysicist
 * Abdel Meguid Amir (born 1961), Egyptian basketball player
 * Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981), Moroccan novelist, journalist and ambassador
 * Abdelmajid Benjelloun (historian) (born 1944), Moroccan author, historian and poet
 * Abdelmajid Bourebbou (born 1951), Algerian footballer
 * Abdelmajid Bouyboud (born 1966), Moroccan footballer
 * Abdelmajid Chetali (born 1939), Tunisian footballer
 * Abdelmajid Dahoumane (born 1967), Algerian alleged terrorist
 * Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977), Indian Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an
 * Abdul Majeed Didi (1873–1952), Sultan of the Maldives
 * Abdelmajid Dolmy (born 1953), Moroccan footballer
 * Abdulmajid Dostiev, Tajik diplomat
 * Abdelmajid Eddine (born 1979), Moroccan footballer
 * Abdul Majid Giaka (born 1960), Libyan double-agent for the CIA
 * Abdul Majid Hassan (ca. 1380–1408), Sultan of Brunei
 * Abd el-Majid Hidr, original name of Amos Yarkoni (1920–1991), Israeli Arab soldier
 * Abdul Majid Khan (born 1953), Afghan held in Bagram
 * Abdul-Majid al-Khoei (1962–2003), Iraqi Twelver cleric
 * Abdul Majeed Khwaja (1885–1962), Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformer and freedom fighter
 * Abdul Majid Kubar (born 1909), Libyan politician
 * Abdelmadjid Mada (born 1953), Algerian runner
 * Abdul Majid Mahmoud (born 1979), Pakistani held in Guantanamo
 * Abdol Majid Majidi (1928–2014), Iranian politician
 * Abdol Majid Mirza (1845–1927), Qajar prince and Prime Minister of Iran
 * Abdul Majid Muhammed (born 1978), Iranian held in Guantanamo
 * Abdelmajid Oulmers (born 1978), Moroccan footballer
 * Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud (born 1943), Libyan politician
 * Abdul Majid Rouzi, Afghan soldier
 * Abdelmajid Saleh, Lebanese politician
 * Abdul Majid Samim, Afghan politician
 * Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1942–2007), Saudi prince
 * Abdelmadjid Tahraoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
 * Abdol Majid Taleqani (c. 1737/8–1771/2), Iranian calligrapher
 * Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria
 * Abdul Majid Zabuli (1896–1998), Afghan banker
 * 'Abd al-Majid Nimer Zaghmout (died 2000), Palestinian imprisoned in Syria
 * Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942), Yemeni academic and politician

Surname

 * Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (born 1923), Egyptian diplomat
 * Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, or just Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941–2010), Iraqi politician
 * Atif Abdelmageed
 * Bassam Abdel Majeed (born 1950), Syrian politician
 * Chaudhry Abdul Majeed (died 2006), Pakistani nuclear physicist
 * Chaudhry Abdul Majid, Pakistani Kashmiri politician
 * Hussein 'Abd al-Majid (disappeared 1936), Iraqi, Saddam Hussein's father
 * Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid, Palestinian politician
 * M. N. Abdul Majeed (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician
 * Munshi Abdul Majid (born 1952), Afghan politician
 * Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid, Pakistani politician
 * S. M. Abdul Majid, Indian politician
 * Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi, Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer
 * Syed Abdul Majid (1872–1922), Bengali lawyer, politician and entrepreneur
 * Tun Habib Abdul Majid (1637–1697), Bendahara of the Johor Sultanate
 * Tunku Abdul Majid (born 1970), Tunku Bendahara of Johor

Females

 * Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, or Iman (model), (born 1955), Somali-American model, actress and entrepreneur
 * Asia Abdelmajid, Sudanese actress