[Lurking Libertarian]

Whatever the name might have meant at one time, I am told that Allah is simply Arabic for "God," and that Allah is the name used for God in Arabic translations of the Bible. Can someone confirm this?

That's correct. And "Allah" is the Arabic form of the word "Elohim", which is the Hebrew word for God as used in the Hebrew Bible.

[D Edmund Joaquin]

This is incorrect. The names of God as revealed in the bible never relate to the Baal gods