Abdul Qayyum (Arabic: عبد القيوم ) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qayyum. The name means "servant of the eternal", Al-Qayyūm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part can be transliterated Qayum, Qayoom, Qayyoom, Gayoom, or in other ways, and the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum (1863–1937), Indian educationalist
Abdul Qayyum Khan (1901–1981), Pakistani politician
Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi (born 1932), founder of Gorgan University, Iran
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (born 1937), President of the Maldives
Abdul Qayum Karzai (born 1947), Afghan politician, brother of Hamid Karzai
Abdul Qayum (imam) (born 1960), Bangladeshi-born British imam of the East London Mosque
Abdul Qayoom (cricketer) (born 1967), Indian cricketer and coach
Abdul Qayyum "Zakir", alleged real name of Abdullah Gulam Rasoul (born ca. 1973), Afghan held in Guantanamo
Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib (born 1989), Singapore footballer
Abdul Qayyum (general), Pakistani Lieutenant General
Abdul Qayyum Jamal, Pakistani-Canadian accused of terrorism
Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi, Afghan politician
Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan (1924–2015), Azad Kashmir activist and politician
