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What does Muhammad mean?

Muhammad Pronunciation of Muhammad as a boys' name is pronounced moh-HAH-med, moo-HAH-med. It is of Arabic origin, and the meaning of Muhammad is "praiseworthy". Name of the prophet and founder of Islam. Many Muslims believe that angels pray with families which have a member named Muhammad.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mu-, -ad

ASSOCIATED WITH arabic, prophet, angels

Variations

VARIANTS Hamid, Hammad, Mahmood, Mahmoud, Mahmud, Mahomet, Mehmet, Mehmood, Mehmoud, Mehmud, Mihammad, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohamet, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhamet, Muhammed

SEE ALSO Ahmed, Borak, Mustafa

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Muhammad Jonathon (M.J.), ..

How popular is Muhammad?

Muhammad is a rare first name for men but a very popular surname for all people (#2379 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Muhammad entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its peak rank of #345 in the U.S. in 2018. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Muhammad name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Muhammad outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Ahmed (#534 FROM RECENT DATA), Mahmoud (#1706), Mohamad, Mohamed (#454), Mohammad (#605), Mohammed (#627), Muhammed (#1940) and Mustafa (#899) are the prominent variation forms of Muhammad (#345). These relations of Muhammad reached the peak of their popularity in 2015 (USAGE OF 0.2%) and have remained as common to this day (USAGE 0.2%, 2.8% LESS). The most fashionable birth names among these are Ahmed, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad and Mustafa.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Muhammad, Ahmed, Mahmoud, Mohamad, Mohamed in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, Mustafa in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Muhammad, Ahmed, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Achmad, Ahmaad, Ahmad, Haamad, Mahatma, Mohandas and Shahzad. These names tend to be more commonly used than Muhammad.


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