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What does Muhammad mean?
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.
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(male)
(female)
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)
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.
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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