Meaning & History
Arabic word meaning "praised, commendable" [1] .
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Given Name DescendantsMehmet, Muhamet (Albanian) Mahomet, Mahometus, Mihammad, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad, Muhammed (Arabic) Muhamad, Muhammad (Avar) Məhəmməd, Mahammad, Məmməd, Mammad (Azerbaijani) Möxämmät (Bashkir) Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad (Bengali) Muḥand (Berber) Mehmed, Muhamed (Bosnian) Mahamat (Central African) Mokhmad (Chechen) Mahammad (Dargin) Mohamed (Dhivehi) Muhammadu (Fula) Muhammadu (Hausa) Mohamad, Mohammad, Muhamad, Muhammad (Indonesian) Mukhmad (Ingush) Mūhammed, Mukhammed, Mūhamed, Mukhamed (Kazakh) Mihemed (Kurdish) Muhammad (Kyrgyz) Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Muhamad, Muhammad (Malay) Makhamat (Ossetian) Mehmed (Ottoman Turkish) Mohammad, Muhammad (Pashto) Mohammad (Persian) Mohammad, Muhammad (Punjabi) Muhammad (Quranic) Magomed, Magomet, Mukhammad (Russian) Maxamed, Mohamed (Somali) Mohamed (Swahili) Muhammad (Tajik) Möxämmät, Möxämmäd (Tatar) Mehmet, Muhammed, Muhammet (Turkish) Muhammet (Turkmen) Mohammad, Muhammad (Urdu) Muhemmet (Uyghur) Muhammad (Uzbek) Mahamadou, Mamadou, Mamadu (Western African)
Surname DescendantsMohamed, Mohammed, Muhammad (Arabic) Magomedov, Magomedova (Avar) Məmmədov, Mammadov, Məmmədova, Mammadova (Azerbaijani) Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad (Bengali) Mehmedović (Bosnian) Magomadov, Magomadova, Magomedov, Magomedova (Chechen) Magomedov, Magomedova (Dargin) Mohammad, Mohammadi (Persian) Mohamed (Swahili) 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