Ataullah

Ataullah

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʕatˤaː.ɑɫɫɑh]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Gift of Allah, (Allah) God's return
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Alternative spelling	Attaalla, Atallah
Variant form(s)	Ataollah (Iranian), Odtallah or Odetallah (Palestinian)
Related names	Ata; Theodore

Ataullah (Arabic: عطاء الله or عطا الله) or the alternative Atallah is an Arabic given name meaning "gift of God", composed of Ata (gift) + Allah (God). It is also a surname to Middle Eastern Christians. The Iranian variant of the same name is Ataollah.

Odtallah or Odetallah (Arabic: عودة الله) is a Palestinian last name where it comes from the personal name meaning "Return of God" made up of the words (Odta) ("Return") + (Allah) ("God").

Persons

Given name

• Atta Ullah (1994-) A Pakistani gold medalist Dr and Qari.
• Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah I (1422–1472), Sultan of Kedah
• Sultan Ataullah Muhammad Shah II (1687–1698), Sultan of Kedah
• Ataullah Rashidi, 17th century architect from Mughal Empire of present-day India
• Attallah Suheimat (1875–1965), Jordanian politician
• Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (1892–1961), Indian religious and political leader
• Qazi Ataullah Khan (1895–1952), Pakistani politician
• Ataollah Khosravani (1919–?), Iranian politician
• Ataullah Mengal (1929–2021), Chief Minister of Balochistan, Pakistan
• Ataullah Bogdan Kopański (born 1948), Polish-born historian
• Ataollah Salehi (born 1950), commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army
• Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (born 1951), Pakistani folk singer
• Ata'ollah Mohajerani (born 1964), Iranian historian, politician, journalist, and author
• Ataullah Guerra (born 1987), Trinidadian footballer
• Ataullah (cricketer), (born 1986) Pakistani cricketer
• Attaullah (Afghan cricketer) (born 1990), Afghan cricketer
• Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
• Ataollah Zahed (1915–1991), Iranian actor, film director, film produce, screenplay writer, educator, and a voice-over actor.
• Ataollah Ashrafi Esfahani (1902–1982), Iranian Shia cleric

Middle name

• Salah al-Din Attallah Suheimat, or just Salah Suheimat (1914–1966), Jordanian politician
• Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani (1923–?), Afghan Muslim scholar

Family name

• Naim Attallah (1931–2021), Palestinian businessman and writer
• Samir Atallah (born 1941), Lebanese journalist, author and political analyst
• Elias Atallah (born 1947), Lebanese politician
• Alain Attalah (born 1964), Egyptian basketball player
• Christine Atallah (1965–2011), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Nasri Atallah (born 1982), Lebanese-British author
• Bassel Atallah, Firas Atallah and Rami Atallah, Syrian Canadian businessmen, co-founders of SSENSE
• Mikhail Atallah, Lebanese-American computer scientist

See also

• Atala (disambiguation)
• Theodore (given name)