Meaning & History
Arabic word meaning "to praise" [1] .
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Given Name DescendantsHamit, Mehmet, Muhamet (Albanian) Ahmad, Ahmed, Haamid, Hamad, Hamada, Hamdi, Hamed, Hameed, Hamid, Hamid, Hamida, Hamidah, Mahmood, Mahmoud, Mahmud, Mahomet, Mahometus, Mihammad, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad, Muhammed, Tahmid (Arabic) Ahmad, Akhmad, Muhamad, Muhammad (Avar) Əhməd, Məhəmməd, Mahammad, Məmməd, Mammad (Azerbaijani) Akhmat, Äxmät, Möxämmät (Bashkir) Ahmad, Ahmed, Hamida, Mahmud, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad, Tahmid (Bengali) Muḥand (Berber) Ahmed, Hamid, Mehmed, Muhamed (Bosnian) Ahmat, Mahamat (Central African) Akhmad, Makhmud, Mokhmad (Chechen) Mahammad (Dargin) Ahmed, Mohamed (Dhivehi) Aamadu, Muhammadu (Fula) Ahmadu, Muhammadu (Hausa) Achmad, Ahmad, Akhmad, Hamidah, Mahmud, Mohamad, Mohammad, Muhamad, Muhammad (Indonesian) Akhmad, Mukhmad (Ingush) Ahmet, Akhmet, Mahmud, Makhmud, Mūhammed, Mukhammed, Mūhamed, Mukhamed (Kazakh) Ehmed, Mehmûd, Mihemed (Kurdish) Akmat, Muhammad (Kyrgyz) Akmad (Maguindanao) Ahmad, Hamid, Hamidah, Mahmud, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Muhamad, Muhammad (Malay) Makhamat (Ossetian) Mehmed (Ottoman Turkish) Ahmad, Ahmed, Hamid, Mahmud, Mohammad, Muhammad (Pashto) Ahmad, Hamed, Hamid, Hamide, Hamideh, Mahmoud, Mahmud, Mohammad (Persian) Mohammad, Muhammad (Punjabi) Muhammad (Quranic) Akhmed, Magomed, Magomet, Mukhammad (Russian) Axmed, Maxamed, Mohamed (Somali) Mohamed (Swahili) Muhammad (Tajik) Akhmat, Äxmät, Möxämmät, Möxämmäd (Tatar) Akmad (Tausug) Ahmed, Ahmet, Hamdi, Hamide, Hamit, Mahmut, Mehmet, Muhammed, Muhammet (Turkish) Muhammet (Turkmen) Ahmad, Ahmed, Hameed, Hamid, Mahmood, Mehmood, Mehmud, Mohammad, Muhammad (Urdu) Ehmed, Ehmet, Mehmut, Muhemmet (Uyghur) Ahmad, Hamid, Mahmud, Muhammad (Uzbek) Amadou, Amadu, Mahamadou, Mamadou, Mamadu (Western African)
Surname DescendantsAhmad, Ahmed, Mahmoud, Mahmud, Mohamed, Mohammed, Muhammad (Arabic) Magomedov, Magomedova (Avar) Əhmədov, Ahmadov, Əhmədova, Ahmadova, Məmmədov, Mammadov, Məmmədova, Mammadova (Azerbaijani) Ahmad, Ahmed, Mahmud, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad (Bengali) Mehmedović (Bosnian) Akhmadov, Akhmadova, Magomadov, Magomadova, Magomedov, Magomedova (Chechen) Magomedov, Magomedova (Dargin) Ahmad, Ahmed (Indian (Muslim)) Ahmetov, Ahmetova, Akhmetov, Akhmetova (Kazakh) Akmatov, Akmatova (Kyrgyz) Ahmadi, Mahmoud, Mahmoudi, Mohammad, Mohammadi (Persian) Mohamed (Swahili) Ahmad, Ahmed, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad (Urdu)
Sources & References
- Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 238.
Entry updated May 26, 2026