Ataullah

Ataullah ( or ) 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

• 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 (1919–2005), Iranian politician
• Ataullah Mengal (1929–2021), Chief Minister of Balochistan, Pakistan
• Ataullah Hafezzi (1948–2025), Bangladeshi Islamist leader and politician
• 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
• Atallah Hanna (b. 1965), the colloquial name of Palestinian Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia

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)