Ibrahim bin Ishaq al-Harbi narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri; he said: The first child born among the Muslims after the Hijrah was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam bin Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza. His mother is Sayyidah Asma bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with them both), and his maternal grandmother was Qatlah bint Abd al-Uzza bin Abd Asad bin Nasr bin Malik bin Hisl bin Amir bin Lu'ayy. Abdullah's kunyah was Abu Bakr.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr "Abdullah".