Abdala Explained

Abdala or Abdalá is both a given name and a surname. It is a Spanish variation of the common Arabic name Abdullah. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Alberto Abdala (1920–1986) Uruguayan politician, painter and Vice President of Uruguay
• Bartolomé Abdala (born 1964), Argentine politician
• Carlos Abdala (1930–1976), Uruguayan politician and diplomat
• Claudia Ledesma Abdala (born 1974), Argentine politician
• Edgardo Abdala (born 1978), Chilean-born Palestinian footballer
• Edílson Abdala Júnior (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
• Marcelo Abdala (born 1966), Uruguayan trade union leader
• Nadia Abdalá (born 1988), Mexican tennis player
• Norma Abdala (born 1948), Argentine politician
• Pablo Abdala (born 1966), Uruguayan politician and lawyer
• Pablo Abdala (footballer) (born 1972), Argentine-born Palestinian footballer
• Washington Abdala (born 1959), Uruguayan lawyer, politician and comedian
• Yaquelin Abdala (born 1968), Cuban mixed-media artist

Given name

• Abdalá Bucaram (born 1952), Ecuadorian politician and lawyer
• Abdalá Bucaram Jr. (born 1982), Ecuadorian footballer
• Abdala Faye (born 1971), Senegalese artist

Literature

• Spanish; Castilian: Abdala, a 1869 poem by José Martí

Other

• Abdala, a Cuban COVID-19 vaccine