Meaning & History
Abdullayev is a patronymic surname of Azerbaijani and Uzbek origin, meaning "son of Abdulla." It is a slavicized patronymic form derived from the Arabic given name Abdullah, through its regional form Abdulla. The suffix -yev (or -ev in Russian) indicates patronymic descent, a common feature in surnames from the former Soviet sphere.
Etymology
The root of the surname lies in the Arabic name Abd Allah, meaning "servant of Allah." This theophoric name is formed from ʿabd (servant) and Allah (the one God in Islam). Abd Allah was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's father, according to Islamic tradition (see Qur'an). While the Abdul shape alone can be extremely widespread across the Muslim world, Abdullayev as a specific surname pattern gained prominence in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan through the Russification of local naming practices in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union required fixed surnames for its diverse subjects, often adding the Russian patronymic suffix “-ev” to traditional first names. Variants include Abdullaev, Abdulayev, and Abdulloev. A parallel feminine form is Abdullayeva
Related Names
Sources: Wikipedia — Abdullayev