Abdul Wahab (Arabic: عبد الوهاب ) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Wahab. The name means "servant of the all-giver", Al-Wahāb 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. The last element may appear as Wahab, Wahhab, Vehhab, Ouahab, and others with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab (1703–1792), Sunni Muslim scholarQadi 'Abd al-Wahhab (973–1031), Iraqi Maliki scholar and juristʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad aš-Šaʿrānī, known as just Shaʿrānī (1492–1565), Egyptian Sufi teacherMohammed ibn abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani (died 1707), Moroccan diplomat and travel writerAbdul Wahab, known as Sachal Sarmast (1739–1829), Sindhi Sufi poetAbdulvehhab Ilhamija (1773–1821), Bosnian Dervish and writerKheireddine Abdul Wahab (1878–1944), Lebanese businessmanBachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctorAbdul Wahab Khan Tarzi (born 1903), Afghan civil servantMohammed Abdel Wahab (1902 –1991), Egyptian singer and composerAbdul-Wahab Mirjan (1909–1964), Iraqi politicianKhaled Abdul-Wahab (1911–1997), Tunisian who helped Jews in World War IIFatin Abdel Wahab (1913–1972), Egyptian film directorAbdolvahaab Shahidi (born 1914), Iranian singer and barbat playerAbd al-Wahhab Hawmad (1915-2002), Syrian politicianAfif Abdul Wahab (1915–2003), Lebanese doctorAbd al-Wahab al-Shawaf (1916-1959), Iraqi revolutionaryAbdul Wahab (journalist) (1916 – 1994), Bangladeshi journalistMuhammad Abdulwahhab (born 1923), Indian Muslim religious teacherAbd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati (1926–1999), Iraqi poetAbdel Wahab Elmessiri (1938–2008), Egyptian political philosopherAbdelwahab Abdallah (born 1940), Tunisian politicianHazrat Mujadid Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani religious scholar and Sufi MasterAbdulwahab Darawshe (born 1943), Arab-Israeli politicianTuan Haji Anuar bin Haji Abd. Wahab (1945–2009), Malaysian silat expertAbdelwahab Meddeb (born 1946), Tunisian-French poet and essayistMounes Abdul Wahab (born 1947), Lebanese blind civil rights activist, author and pioneer of disabled rights movementAbdulWahab Raweh (born 1952), Yemeni politicianMohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah (born 1962), Egyptian classical composerAbdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (born 1976), Iraqi footballerMusa Abed Al Wahab (born 1977), Saudi held in GuantanamoAbdulWahab al-Awdi (born 1978), Yemeni poetMohamed Abdelwahab (1983–2006), Egyptian footballerAbdul Wahab Khan, speaker of the National Assembly of PakistanAbdul Wahab Peevee, Indian politicianZamzani Abdul Wahab (Chef Zam), Malaysian chefAbdul Wahab Dar, Pakistani cricketer