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For other uses, see Muhammad (disambiguation).
Muhammad Pronunciation English: /moʊˈhæməd/, /moʊˈhɑːməd/, /muːˈhæməd/, /muːˈhɑːməd/, [1] /moʊˈhæmɛd/, /moʊˈhɑːmɛd/, /moʊˈhɑːmɨd/.
Arabic: [mʊˈħæmmæd], [moˈħæmmæd].
Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæmmæd].
Turkish: [muˈhammed].
Hindustani: [mʊˈhaːmməd].Gender Male Origin Word/Name Arabic language Meaning Praised Region of origin Middle East Other names Alternative spelling Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhamad, Muhamed, Muhamet, Muhammed, Muhammet, Mahammad Muhammad is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, مُحَمَّد, from the triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D; Praise. In Islam, Muhammad was the final messenger of God, thus the name and its variant transliterations are very common throughout the Muslim world.
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Etymology
The name Muḥammad is the strictest and primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, محمد, that comes from the Arabic passive participle and triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (Praise); hence Praised. However, its actual pronunciation differs colloquially, for example, in Egyptian Arabic: IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd], while in exclusively religious contexts, talking about Islam: IPA: [moˈħæmmæd].
Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud, Ahmed, and Hamid; which is one of the 99 Names of Allah, meaning The Blesser.
Transliterations
Principal
The name is also transliterated as Mohammad (primarily in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan), Muhammad (in India and Bangladesh), Muhammed (Arab World, primarily in North Africa), Mohamed, Mohammed and Mohamad (Arab World), Muhammad (Arab World), Muhammed, Muhamed (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Muhammed, Muhamed, Muhammet, or Muhamet (Turkey and Albania).
Other
In Latin, it is Mahometus (hence Italian Maometto) and Μωάμεθ (Moameth) in Greek. In Catalan and in Spanish, it is Mahoma, and in Galician it is Mamede. In Russia, it is Мухаммад (Mukhammad), another common spelling is Магомед (Magomed). In Somali, it is Maxamed. In Senegal and in other West African nations, the variant is Mamadou. In Kazakh, the name is Мұхаммед (Mukhammed). In Chinese, it is written as 穆罕默德 (Mùhǎnmòdé).
Statistics
Year Rank in USA[2] Rank in UK[2][dubious ] Rank in Canada 2010 2009 2006 639 2004 681 54 c. 92[3] 2003 648 59 2002 655 61 2001 587 72 2000 622 71 1999 701 90 1998 725 91 1997 719 1996 774 1995 778 1994 862 1993 883 1992 903 According to the sixth edition of The Columbia Encyclopedia (2000), Muhammad is the most common given name in the world, including variations.[4] It is estimated that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name Muhammad.
Muhammad is ranked 4,194 out of 88,799 for people of all ages in the 1990 census in the United States.[2][3] According to the Social Security Administration, Muhammad is 639th popular first name for newborns in 2006. Mohammad and Mohammed are ranked 589th and 633rd, respectively.[5] In 2009 Mohamed, the most common spelling variant, was ranked 430th in the US.[6]
The BBC reported that Muhammad was the second most popular given name for baby boys in Britain in 2007, combining 14 spelling variations.[7]
In May 2006, it was reported that statistics indicate that some 8,928 Danish Muslims carry the name Muhammad and that in 2004 alone, 167 new-born babies were registered.[8]
In 2009 Mohammed was the sixteenth most popular baby name in England and Wales, though it was the most popular in the West Midlands.[9]
Mohammed and Mohamed were the first most popular baby name in Département Seine-Saint-Denis (2002, 2008) and in Marseilles (2007, 2009), France.[10][11][12]
In Arab countries, however, many men who have a first name of Muhammad (or one of its variant spellings) do not use it in everyday dealings, and use a middle name instead. For example, the first name of Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is Muhammad.
Given name
Mohamad
- Mohamad Aziz, Malaysian politician
- Mohamad Bazzi, Lebanese-American award-winning journalist
- Mohamad Jawad Chirri, American imam
- Mohamad Elzahabi, Chechen militant
- Mohamad Nor Ismail, Malaysian footballer
- Mohamad Kasebi, Iranian actor
- Mohamad Abdul Tayyab, Indian scientist
- Mohamad Zbida, Syrian footballer
Mohamed
- Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947–), exiled president of Western Sahara since 1982
- Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962–), Prime Minister of Somalia
- Moustafa Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Amar (1966–), Egyptian musician and actor
- Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (1918–1981), Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981
- Mohamed Atta (1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist terrorist and ringleader of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks
- Mohamed ElBaradei (1942–), Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency
- Mohamed Siad Barre (1919/1921?–1995), president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991
- Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
- Mohamed Fadl, Egyptian footballer
- Mohamed Fakhir, Moroccan footballer
- Mohamed al-Fayed (1929–), Egyptian-born, British-based multi-millionaire
- Mohamed Fayez, Emirati footballer
- Mohamed Hamri, Moroccan painter
- Mohamed Harbi, Algerian historian
- Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan (1961–), Egyptian musician
- Mohamed Henedi, Egyptian comedy actor
- Mohamed Ibrahim (disambiguation), Egyptian footballer
- Mohamed Osman Mohamud, Somali-born terrorist who nearly set off a bomb in Oregon
- Mohamed Mounir (1954–), Egyptian musician and actor
- Mohamed Namiz, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Mohamed Nur, Mayor of Mogadishu
- Mohamed Salem, Algerian footballer
- Mohamed al-Shehhi, Emirati footballer
- Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
- Mohamed El-Tabii, Egyptian journalist
- Mohamed El Yaagoubi, Moroccan footballer
- Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born 1938), Emirati of Egyptian origin pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world
- Mohamed Zidan, Egyptian footballer
Mohammad
- Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas (1963–), Egyptian musician
- Mohammad Asghar (born 1945), Welsh politician
- Mohammad Ashraful (born 1984), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442-1538), king of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
- Mohammad Azizi, Iranian footballer
- Mohammad Taghi Bahar (1886–1951), Iranian poet, politician, mathematician, logician, journalist, essayist, and historian
- Mohammad Bakri, Israeli Arab actor
- Mohammad Barghouti, Palestinian politician
- Askia Mohammad Benkan, ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537
- Mohammad Dawran, Afghan military personnel
- Mohammad Farid, Egyptian political figure
- Mohammad Amin Fatemi, Afghan physician
- Mohammad Fayiz, Jordanian footballer
- Mohammad Hejazi, Iranian general
- Mohammad Hussain, Pakistani cricketer
- Mohammad Kaif (1980–), Indian cricketer
- Mohammad Khadem, Iranian wrestler
- Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974–2005), English suicide bomber in the 7/7 attacks
- Mohammad Khatami (1943–), the President of Iran, 1997 to 2005
- Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940?–2004), Iranian cleric and reformist politician
- Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948), born into British India, helped found Pakistan, acting as as its Governor-General
- Mohammad Laeeq, Pakistani cricketer
- Mohammad Mokri, Kurdish scholar
- Mohammad Najibullah (1947–1996), President of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992. He was assassinated in 1996
- Mohammad Nami, Saudi footballer
- Mohammad Navazi, Iranian footballer
- Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricketer
- Mohammad Oraz, Kurdish mountain climber
- Mohammad Panjali, Iranian footballer
- Mohammad Rafique (born 1970), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Mohammad Sadli, Indonesian politician
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), Iranian poet, writing in Persian and Azerbaijani
- Mohammad Toaha, Bangladeshi politician
- Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan Test cricketer
Mohammed
- Mohammed Ajeeb, British politician
- Mohammed Atef, Egyptian al-Qaeda chief
- Mohammed Awad, Iraqi politician
- Mohammed El-Bakkar, Lebanese tenor
- Mohammed Dib (1920–2003), probably Algeria's most prolific and well-known writer
- Mohammed Fahim, Afghan military commander
- Mohammed George, British actor
- Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (1939–2003), assassinated Iraqi Shia
- Mohammed Saeed Harib, United Arab Emirati animator
- Mohammed Hussain, Indian field hockey player
- Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, Moroccan writer
- Mohammed Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti politician
- Mohammed Kumalia, Nigerian politician
- Mohammed bin Laden (1895?–1968), Yemeni immigrant to Saudi Arabia, and wealthy investor, businessman and patriarch of the bin Laden family
- Mohammed Manga, Senegalese football player
- Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–), King of Morocco from 1999
- Mohammed Mossadegh (1882–1967), prime minister of Iran from 1951–1953
- Mohammed Omar (1959–), Afghanistan's Talibani de facto Head of State from 1996–2001
- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919–1980), the second and last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979
- Mohammed al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian held at Guantanamo Bay thought to be a 20th hijacker suspect
- Mohammed Rafi (1924–1980), Indian Bollywood playback singer
- Mohammed Al-Salhi, Saudi Arabian middle distance runner
- Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur
- Mohammed Nadir Shah (1880–1933), King of Afghanistan from 1929 until his assassination in 1933
- Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914–), the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
- Mohammed Sheikh, English cricketer
- Mohammed Timoumi, Moroccan footballer
- Mohammed Haydar Zammar, German al-Qaeda recruiter
Muhamad
- Muhamad Ali Aman, Southeast Asian politician
- Muhamad Salih Dilan, Kurdish Poet
- Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian football assistant coach
- Muhamad Khalid Jamlus, Malaysian footballer
- Muhamad Kanan, Israeli Arab politician
- Muhamad Aly Rifai, Arab American Internist and Psychiatrist
Muhamed
- Muhamed Alaim, Bosnian football goalkeeper
- Muhamed Haneef, Indian physician
- Muhamed Keita, Norwegian football striker
- Muhamed Amin Zaki, Kurdish writer
- Muhamed Zulić, Croatian politician
Muhammad
- Muhammad (570–632), the Prophet of Islam
- Muhammad Ma Jian Chinese Muslim Confucian and Islamic scholar
- Muhammad Amin Bughra Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
- Muhammad Ali (1942–), American heavyweight boxing champion
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1931–), Malaysian philosopher
- Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (631–658), Son of Abu Bakr, raised by Ali
- Muhammad al-Baqir 676–743 Shī‘ah Imām
- Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963), Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953–1955
- Muhammad of Ghor (1162–1206), Persian conqueror and sultan between 1171 and 1206
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988), ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988 under martial law
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), poet born into the British Raj, considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan
- Muhammad al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya (?–1350), Sunni Islamic scholar
- Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, Pakistani al-Qaeda operative
- Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (~780–~850) Persian mathematician
- Sultan Muhammad of Khwarezmia (?–1220), last ruler of Khwarezmia
- Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–?), Last Twelver Shī‘ah Imām
- Muhammad ibn Maslama (589–666)
- Muhammad Naguib (1901–1984), first President of Egypt, in 1953
- Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769–1849), viceroy of Egypt, sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1947–), Muslim scholar, professor, poet and politician
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1953–), former world boxing champion
- Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925), Alchemist, physician, and philosopher
- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic from Balkh, now in Afghanistan
- Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1990–1999
- Muhammad ibn Talha, son of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah
- Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835), Twelver Shī‘ah Imām
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929–), President of Pakistan 1998–2001
- Muhammad al Warraq (800?–?), 9th Century skeptical scholar and critic of Islam
- Muhammad Yunus (1940–), Nobel Laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank
- General Muhammad Suheimat , Jordanian military General and a statesman
Muhammed
- Muhammed al-Ahari, American essayist
- Muhammed Amin Andrabi, Indian academic
- Muhammed Emin Zeki Bey, Kurdish historian
- Muhammed al-Darbi, Yemeni extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
- Muhammed Yusuf Khan, Indian military leader
- Muhammed Latif, Iraqi major general
- Muhammed Mansooruddin, Bengali author
- Muhammed Suiçmez (1975–), German musician
- Muhammed Taib, Saudi Arabian lawyer
- Muhammed Tokcan, Turkish hijacker of the Avrasya in 1996
- Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish philosopher and theologian
Muhammet
- Muhammet Akagündüz, Austrian footballer
- Muhammet Demir, Turkish footballer
- Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş, Turkish footballer
- Muhammet Kızılarslan, Turkish skier
- Muhammet Özdin, Turkish footballer
This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Surname
- Abdul Mohamed, Afghan-English mixed martial artist
- Binyam Mohamed, Ethiopian detained in Guantanamo Bay between 2004 and 2009
- Clara Muhammad, born Clara Evans, wife of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad
- Elijah Muhammad, born Elijah Poole, African American religious leader
- Ghulam Muhammad, various people
- Idris Muhammad, born Leo Morris, American musician
- Kenny Muhammad, beatboxer
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964 or 1965–), Confessed mastermind of numerous terror plots, including the September 11 attacks and others
- John Allen Muhammad, born John Allen Williams, American spree killer
- Muhsin Muhammad, American footballer
- Ramzi Mohammed, Somalian bomber in the failed 21 July 2005 London bombings
- Ruby Muhammad, American centenarian
- Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (?–?), Scholar
- Fatimah bint Muhammad (disputed–632), The Prophet's daughter
- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (?–?), The Prophet's son
- Qasim ibn Muhammad (?–605), The Prophet's son
- Zainab bint Muhammad, The Prophet's daughter
- Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, The Prophet's daughter
- Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, The Prophet's daughter
This page or section lists people with the surname Muhammad. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Derived names
- Muhammad Ali
- Mohammad-Reza
- Mohammad Taqi (disambiguation)
See also
- Arabic name
- Ma (surname)
- Mehmed
- Mohammadi (disambiguation)
- Mohd
- Muhammad (disambiguation)
- Turkish name
References
- ^ Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition
- ^ a b c Unless otherwise noted, figures are from http://www.name-stats.com/search.php?subject=Muhammad&submit=Search. They don't include different forms of spelling except for 2009 and 2010 for the UK.
- ^ a b Baby Name Muhammad - Origin and Meaning of Muhammad
- ^ Muhammad, prophet of Islam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07
- ^ Popular baby names
- ^ http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi; searched for Mohamed
- ^ What can't be named Muhammad?
- ^ JTW News - "Muhammad" Most Popular Among Danish Muslims
- ^ BBC News. "Oliver and Oliva top names' list." BBC. October 27, 2010. Retrieved on October 29, 2010.
- ^ http://www.insee.fr/fr/insee_regions/idf/themes/faits_et_chiffres/fc/numero27.pdf
- ^ http://www.laprovence.com/article/region/les-parents-marseillais-ont-craque-pour-ines-et-mohamed
- ^ http://www.notrefamille.com/v2/services-prenom/prenom.asp
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