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, derived from the Aramaic form Attallah or Atallah. The Iranian variant of the same name is Ataollah.
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–?), 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)