In the Islamic Caucasus region of Russia, you can find some men with the name Абдулманап (transliterated as Abdulmanap). It is not uncommon for loanwords containing the phone /f/ to enter Russian or the languages of the Caucasus as /p/, so I assume Abdulmanap is a localized form of the Arabic name عبد المناف. But as far as I can tell, manaaf was a pre-Islamic deity, thus meaning the name means that one is a slave to a polytheistic god. In that case, the عبد المناف would be a haram name, correct?
asked Oct 3, 2018 at 20:56
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Abdul (slave of) should only be paired with a Name of Allah.
واتفقوا على تحريم كل اسم معبد لغير الله عز وجل كعبد العزى وعبد هبل وعبد عمرو وعبد الكعبة
[Ibn Hazm said:] There is consensus on the prohibition of every name which implies servitude to anyone other than Allah, for example Abdul Uzza, Abdul Hubal, Abdul Umar, Abdul Kaabah
— مراتب الإجماع ; Chapter الصيد والضحايا والذبائح والعقيقة
Manap / Manaf is not a name of Allah and it was the name of a false deity, so this name should not be given.
