Muhammad (name)

This article is about the given name. For the Islamic prophet, see Muhammad.
Muhammad
"Muhammad the Messenger of God", inscribed on the gates of the mosque al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Pronunciation
  • /moʊˈhæməd/
  • /moʊˈhɑːməd/
  • /muːˈhæməd/
  • /muːˈhɑːməd/[1]
  • /moʊˈhæmɛd/
  • /moʊˈhɑːmɛd/
  • /məˈhæməd/
  • /məˈhæmɪd/
  • Arabic: [muˈħam.mad] ⓘ, [Mahammad] [moˈħæm.mæd]
  • Egyptian Arabic: [mæˈħæm.mæd]
  • Persian: [mohæmˈmæd]
  • Turkish: [muˈham.med]
  • Urdu: [mʊˈhəm.məd]
  • Kurdish: [mɪˈhɛm.mɛd], Tatar: [mø̞ˈχæm.mæt]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
Meaning"praiseworthy"
Region of originArabia
Other names
Alternative spellingMoohammed, Mahmad, Mahammad, Mahammed, Muhammadu, Mahamed, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhamad, Muhamed, Muhammed, Muhammet, Muhummud, Mahammud, Mohd. Muh., Mochamad, Mohamud, Mokhmad, Mukhammad, Md., Mo., M., Mohammad, Muhammad,

Muhammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized: Muḥammad) is an Arabic given male name meaning "praiseworthy". The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), meaning "to praise", which itself comes from the triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D. Other spellings of the name include Muhammed, Muhamad, Mohammad, Mohammed, Mahammad, Maxammed, Mehemmed, Mehemmet, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mehmet, Mahometus, Mamadou,[2] and a variety of other ways. Believed to be the most popular name in the world, by July 2014 it was estimated to have been given to 150 million men and boys.[3]

The name has been banned for newborn children in the Xinjiang region of China since 2017,[4] as well as for the Ahmadi community in Pakistan.[5]

Lexicology

The name Muḥammad is the standard, primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, محمد, that comes from the Arabic passive participle of ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), praise, and further from triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D (praise); hence praised, or praiseworthy. However, its actual pronunciation differs colloquially, for example, in Egyptian Arabic: IPA: [mæˈħæmːæd], while in exclusively religious contexts, talking about Islam: IPA: [moˈħæmːæd].[6]

The name has one of the highest numbers of English spelling variants in the world.[7] Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud, Ahmed, Hamed, Tahmid, and Hamid.

Transliterations

The name may be abbreviated to Md., Mohd., Muhd., Mhd., or simply M. because of its ubiquity. Its popularity has meant that it can become hard to distinguish people. In some cases, it may be to keep a personal name less tied to a religious context. This is only done if the person has a second given name. Some men who have Muhammad (or variant) as a first name choose not to use it, as it is such a common name. Instead, they use another given name. For example, Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Siad Barre, Zia-ul-Haq, Yusuf Khattak, Ayub Khan and Reza Pahlavi use their given name, second given name, or surname.

Statistics

According to the sixth edition of The Columbia Encyclopedia (2000), Muhammad is probably the most common given name in the world, including variations.[8] The Independent reported in 2014 that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name Muhammad, which would make it the most popular name in the world.[9] Approximately 60% of people named Muhammad live in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.

In 2024, the Office for National Statistics, which represents England and Wales collectively, reported that the name Muhammad was the most popular baby name for boys in that region in 2023.[10]

Mohammed and Mohamed were the most popular baby name in Département Seine-Saint-Denis (2002, 2008)[11] and in Marseille (2007, 2009), France.[12] Similarly, since 2008 it has been the most popular baby boy name in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium's most Muslim-populated cities.[13]

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.[14]

In 2009, Muhammad, the most common spelling variant, was ranked 430th in the US.[15] According to the Social Security Administration, Mohammad was ranked 589th, Mohammed 633rd, and Muhammad the 639th most popular first name for newborns in 2006.[16] In the 1990 United States census, the Muhammad variant of the spelling was ranked 4,194 out of 88,799 for people of all ages.[17][18]

Part of the list of officially banned names in Xinjiang that was announced in 2017. China prohibits parents of the ethnic Uighur minority from giving their newborn children names such as Mohammed or names that the Chinese authorities consider to have "extremely religious" meaning.[19]

In April 2017, the Chinese government prohibited parents from choosing the name Muhammad as the given name for a child. The list included more than two dozen names and was targeted at the 10 million Uighurs in the western region of Xinjiang.[4]

If all variants of Muhammad are counted, there are 15,723 people in Finland named Muhammad, accounting for 0.7% of the Finnish male population. The most common spelling is Mohamed, accounting for 38% of the Muhammad name carriers.[20][21]

In 2022, it was the 35th most popular name given to boys in Canada.[22]

Given name

Mamadou

  • Mamadou (mansa), ruler of the Mali Empire
  • Mamadou Blaise Sangaré (born 1954), Malian politician, president of the Social Democratic Convention
  • Mamadou Boye Bah (1930–2009), Guinean economist and politician
  • Mamadou Kamara Dékamo (born 1949), Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat
  • Mamadou Dembelé (1934–2016), Malian politician
  • Mamadou Dia (1910–2009), Senegalese politician, former prime minister
  • Mamadou Diop (politician) (1936–2018), Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar
  • Mamadou Koulibaly (born 1957), Ivorian politician
  • Mamadou Lamine Loum (born 1952), Senegalese politician, former prime minister
  • Mamadou Lamine Traoré (1947–2007), Malian politician
  • Mamadou Maidah (1924–2005), Nigerien politician and diplomat
  • Mamadou Ouédraogo (1906–1978), French Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso) politician
  • Mamadou Samba Barry, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party
  • Mamadou Seck (politician), Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal
  • Mamadou Sylla (politician), Guinean judge and businessman
  • Mamadou Tandja (1938–2020), Nigerien politician, former president
  • Mamadou Alimou Diallo (born 1984), Guinean footballer
  • Mamadou Bagayoko (born 1979), Malian footballer
  • Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989), Ivorian footballer
  • Mamadou Bah (born 1988), Guinean footballer
  • Mamadou Baldé (born 1985), Senegalese footballer
  • Mamadou Camara (born 1988), French footballer
  • Mamadou Danso (born 1983), Gambian footballer

Mochamad

Mochammad

  • Mochammad Al Amin Syukur Fisabillah (born 1994), Indonesian football player
  • Mochammad Sanoesi (1935–2008), Indonesian police general

Mohamad

  • Mohamad Ashiek Salleh, Singaporean convicted killer
  • Mohamad Aziz (1940–2020), Malaysian politician
  • Mohamad Bazzi (born 1975), Lebanese-American award-winning journalist
  • Mohamad Jawad Chirri (1905–1994), American imam
  • Mohamad Elzahabi, Lebanese militant
  • Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese footballer
  • Mohamad Nor Ismail (born 1982), Malaysian footballer
  • Mohamad Kasebi (born 1951), Iranian actor
  • Mohamad Jalal Kdouh (born 1997), Lebanese footballer
  • Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi (born 1957), Iranian-born Canadian scholar, editor, author, professor
  • Mohamad Zbida (born 1990), Syrian footballer

Mohamed

  • Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947–2016), president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) from 1982 until his death in 2016
  • Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (born 1962), President of Somalia from 2007 to 2022
  • Mohamed Aboussalam (born 1996), Moroccan basketball player
  • Mohamed Amine Amami (born 1983), Tunisian footballer
  • Moustafa Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Amar (born 1966), Egyptian musician and actor
  • Mohamed Amsif (born 1989), Moroccan footballer
  • Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (1918–1981), Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981
  • Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat (born 1955), Egyptian politician and nephew of former Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat
  • Mohamed Abu Arisha (born 1997), Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Israeli national basketball team
  • Mohamed Atta (1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist terrorist and ringleader of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks
  • Mohamed Bahi (born 1983/1984), American-Algerian former Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community.
  • Mohamed Bairouti (born 1976), Syrian footballer
  • Mohamed ElBaradei (born 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 Choua, Moroccan basketball player
  • Mohamed Diab (born 1978), Egyptian director and screenwriter
  • Mohamed Diaby (born 1990), Ivorian footballer
  • Mohamed Diaby (footballer, born 1996), French footballer
  • Mohamed Diamé (born 1987), French-Senegalese footballer
  • Mohamed Diarra (born 2001), college basketball player
  • Mohamed Emam (born 1984), Egyptian actor
  • Mohamed Elsayed (born 1973), Egyptian boxer
  • Mohamed Fadl, Egyptian footballer
  • Mohamed Farah, British Somali runner
  • Mohamed Fakhir (born 1953), Moroccan footballer
  • Mohamed al-Fayed (born 1929), Egyptian-born, British-based multi-millionaire
  • Mohamed Fayez (born 1989), Emirati footballer
  • Mohamed Hamri (1932–2000), Moroccan painter
  • Mohamed Harbi (born 1933), Algerian historian
  • Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan (born 1961), Egyptian musician
  • Mohamed Henedi (born 1965), Egyptian comedy actor
  • Mohamed Ibrahim (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mohamed Kamal Fadel, Polisario Front diplomatic
  • Mohamed Kouradji (1952–2020), Algerian football referee
  • Mohamed Koussi (born 1994), Moroccan hurdler
  • Mohamed Osman Jawari (1945–2024), Somalia attorney and politician
  • Mohamed Osman Mohamud, Somali-born terrorist who nearly set off a bomb in Oregon
  • Mohamed Mrsal (born 1978), Libyan basketball player
  • Mohamed Namiz, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • Mohamed Niang (born 1976), Senegalese basketball player
  • Mohamed Nur, Mayor of Mogadishu
  • Mohamed Ofkir (born 1996), Norwegian footballer
  • Mohamed Salah (born 1992), Egyptian footballer
  • Mohamed Salama Badi (born 1966), Sahrawi ambassador to East Timor
  • Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2008), Algerian footballer
  • Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1994), Egyptian footballer
  • Mohamed al-Shehhi (born 1988), Emirati footballer
  • Mohamed Sissoko (born 1985), Malian footballer
  • Mohamed El-Tabii (1896–1976), Egyptian journalist
  • Mohamed El Yaagoubi (born 1977), Moroccan footballer
  • Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born 1938), Emirati of Egyptian origin pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world
  • Mohamed Youssef (basketball) (born 1986), Libyan basketball player
  • Mohamed Zein Tahan (born 1988), Lebanese footballer
  • Mohamed Zidan (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
  • Mohamed II of the Maldives, Sultan of the Maldives

Mohammad

  • Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951), Indian politician and current governor of Kerala
  • Askia Mohammad Benkan, ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537
  • Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442–1538), king of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
  • Mohammad Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023
  • Mohammad Ahsan, Indonesian badminton player
  • Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian politician
  • Mohammad Amin Fatemi, Afghan physician
  • Mohammad Asghar (1945–2020), Welsh politician
  • Mohammad Ashraful (born 1984), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Mohammad Azharuddin, Former Indian cricket captain
  • Mohammad Azizi, Iranian footballer
  • Mohammad Bakri, Israeli Arab actor
  • Mohammad Barghouti, Palestinian politician
  • Mohammad Dawran, Afghan military personnel
  • Mohammad Farid, Egyptian political figure
  • Mohammad Hashim, Iraqi politician
  • Mohammad Hatta, first Vice President of Indonesia
  • Mohammad Hejazi (1956–2021), Iranian general
  • Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas (1963–), Egyptian musician
  • Mohammad Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), Iranian poet, writing in Persian and Azerbaijani
  • Mohammad Hussain (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mohammad Ibrahim (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mohammad Jasmir Ansari, Indian politician
  • Mohammad Kaif (1980–), Indian cricketer
  • Mohammad Khadem (1935–2020), Iranian wrestler
  • Mohammad Khatami (born 1943), the President of Iran, 1997 to 2005
  • Mohammad Mahseiri (died 2013), Jordanian politician
  • Mohammad Mokri, Kurdish scholar
  • Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister
  • 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 Yousuf (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mohammad Oraz (1969–2003), Kurdish mountain climber
  • Mohammad Panjali (born 1955), Iranian footballer
  • Mohammad Rafique (born 1970), Bangladeshi cricketer
  • Mohammad Reza Sharifinia (born 1955), Iranian actor and film director
  • Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi as the last Shah of Iran
  • Mohammad Rona (born 1985), Afghan-born Danish politician
  • Mohammad Sadli (1922–2008), Indonesian politician
  • Mohammad Saleh (born 1946), second Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Indonesia for judicial affairs
  • Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq (born 1957), Bangladeshi epigraphist
  • Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974–2005), English suicide bomber in the 7/7 attacks
  • Mohammad Taghi Bahar (1886–1951), Iranian poet, politician, mathematician, logician, journalist, essayist, and historian
  • Mohammad Toaha, Bangladeshi politician
  • Mohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989), Iranian statesman
  • Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940?–2004), Iranian cleric and reformist politician
  • Mohammad Yousuf (born 1974), Pakistan Test cricketer
  • Mohammad Abubakar Durrani, Pakistani canoeist and filmmaker
  • Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore.
  • Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore.
  • Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (born 1960), Iranian theologian and scholar
  • Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem (1962–2024), Iranian jurist and Twelver Shia cleric
  • Mohammad-Ali Angaji, Iranian Shia cleric and politician
  • Mohammad Ali Araki (1894–1994), Iranian Twelver Shia Marja
  • Mohammad Ali Faiz Lahiji Gilani
  • Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi
  • Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
  • Mohammad Ali Esmaeelpoor Ghomsheie
  • Mohammad Ali Nekounam
  • Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri
  • Mohammad Ali Movahed Abtahi
  • Ali Movahedi-Kermani
  • Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei
  • Mohammad-Ali Rahmani
  • Mohammad Ali Rezaei
  • Mohammad-Ali Shahidi
  • Mohammad Ali Shomali
  • Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
  • Mohammad Amin Khorasani
  • Mohammed Bahrami Khoshkar
  • Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri
  • Mohammad Baqir Ebadi
  • Mohammad Bagher Kharazi
  • Mohammad Baqir Mohammadi La’ini
  • Mohammed Emami-Kashani
  • Mohammad Faqih
  • Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
  • Mohammad Feyz Sarabi
  • Mohammad Hadi Abdekhodai
  • Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari
  • Mohammad Haji Abu al-Qasem Doulabi
  • Mohammad Hashemian
  • Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
  • Mohammad Hassan Ahmadi Faqih
  • Mohammad Hassan Mar’ashi
  • Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki
  • Mohammad Hassan Rahimian
  • Mohammad Hassan Zali
  • Mohammad Hussayn Ahmadi Shahroudi
  • Mohammad Beheshti
  • Mohammad Hussayn Hussaynzadeh Bahraini
  • Mohammad Hussayni Rouhani Qomi
  • Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi
  • Mohammad Hussayni Shahroudi
  • Mohammad al-Shirazi
  • Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani
  • Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
  • Mohammad Hussayn Zarandi
  • Mohammad Ibadizadeh
  • Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati
  • Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani
  • Mohammad Jafar Montazeri
  • Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
  • Mohammad Javad Pishvai
  • Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi
  • Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
  • Mohammad Khamenei
  • Mohammad Khatami
  • Mohammad Mahdi Hussayni Hamedani
  • Mohammad Mahdi Mir Baqeri
  • Mohammad Mahdi Pourfatimi
  • Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlishi
  • Mohammad Mofatteh
  • Mohammad Mohad
  • Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
  • Mohammad Momen
  • Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
  • Mohammad Mofti al-shia Mousavi
  • Mohammad Naqi Shahrokhi Khorramabadi
  • Nasser Biria
  • Mohammad Qomi
  • Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani
  • Mohammad Rajaei Baghsiai
  • Mohammad Reyshahri
  • Mohammad Reza Abbasi Fard
  • Mohammed Ridha al-Sistani
  • Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi
  • Mohammad Reza Baqeri Bonabi
  • Mohammad Reza Faker
  • Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
  • Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
  • Mohammad Reza Meghari Moruji
  • Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini
  • Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi
  • Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi
  • Mohammad Reza Nekoonam
  • Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli
  • Sadegh Khalkhali
  • Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani
  • Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh
  • Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani
  • Mohammad Sadoughi
  • Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi
  • Mohammad Safari Malikmian
  • Mohammad Shahcheraghi
  • Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani
  • Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi
  • Mohammad Taqi al-Khoei
  • Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani
  • Mohammad Taghi Falsafi
  • Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari
  • Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji
  • Mohammad El Sabesito
  • Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi
  • Mohammed Taqi Morvarid
  • Mohammad Taqi Naqd Ali
  • Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi
  • Mohammad Taqi Rahbar
  • Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari
  • Mohammad Taghi Vaezi
  • Mohammad Vaez Mousavi
  • Mohammad Yasrebi
  • Mohammad Yazdi
  • Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi

Mohammed

Muhamad

  • Muhamad Ali Aman, Southeast Asian politician
  • Muhamad Salih Dilan, Kurdish poet
  • Muhamad Radhi Mat Din (born 1965), Malaysian football assistant coach
  • Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (born 1977), Malaysian footballer
  • Muhamad Husain Kadir, Iraqi prisoner
  • Muhamad Kanan (born 1955), Israeli Arab politician
  • Muhamad Aly Rifai, Arab American internist and psychiatrist
  • Muhamad Hasik bin Sahar, Singaporean gang member and convicted killer serving life imprisonment in Singapore

Muhamed

  • Muhamed Alaim (born 1981), Bosnian football goalkeeper
  • Muhamed Bešić (born 1992), Bosnian football midfielder
  • Muhamed Haneef (born 1979), Indian physician
  • Muhamed Keita (born 1990), Norwegian football striker
  • Muhamed Zulić (1928–2008), Croatian politician

Muhammad

Muhammadu

  • Muhammadu Buhari (1942–2025), Nigerian politician who served as military dictator from 1983 to 1985, and democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.

Muhammed

Muhammet

  • Muhammet Akagündüz (born 1978), Austrian footballer
  • Muhammet Demir (born 1992), Turkish footballer
  • Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş (born 1983), Turkish footballer
  • Muhammet Özdin (born 1978), Turkish footballer

Moegamat

  • Moegamat Yusuf Maart (born 1995), a South African soccer player

Surname

Mahomed

  • Dean Mahomed (1759–1851), British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, and entrepreneur

Mohamad

  • Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925), Malaysian politician; Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003; 2018–2020)

Mohamed

  • Abdulrahman Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
  • Ahmed Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
  • Amin Mohammed (born 1996), known online as Chunkz, British YouTube personality
  • Amina Mohamed (born 1961), Somali lawyer, diplomat and politician
  • Antonio Mohamed (born 1970), Argentine football coach
  • Binyam Mohamed (born 1978), Ethiopian detained in Guantanamo Bay between 2004 and 2009
  • Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed (1907–1962), Malay activist
  • Hassan Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
  • Ismail Mohamed (born 1980), Maldivian footballer
  • Kassim Mohamed, Kenyan Canadian
  • Magid Mohamed (born 1985), Qatari footballer
  • Mandy Mohamed (born 2000), Dutch-Egyptian artistic gymnast
  • Mike Mohamed (born 1988), American football player
  • Mohamed Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
  • Mohd Mohamed (born 1982), Qatari basketball player
  • Mostafa Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
  • Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981), Somali-British novelist
  • Nazar Mohamed Kassim, Singaporean convicted killer
  • Shakeel Mohamed (born 1968), Mauritanian politician

Mohammad

Mohammed

  • Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general who served as military dictator from 1975 to 1976.
  • Amina J. Mohammed, 5th and current Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Bala Mohammed, Nigerian politician and Governor of Bauchi State
  • Boonaa Mohammed, Canadian spoken-word poet
  • Fazeer Mohammed, Trinidadian cricket commentator
  • Ferdoos Mohammed, Egyptian actress
  • Ghulam Mohammed, Indian politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
  • Jawar Mohammed, Ethiopian political analyst and activist
  • Kausar Mohammed, American actress and comedian
  • Khaled Mohammed, Qatari football player
  • Khaleel Mohammed, Guyanese-American academic
  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Pakistani Islamist militant
  • Lai Mohammed, Nigerian politician and Minister of Information and Culture
  • Mesud Mohammed, Ethiopian professional footballer
  • Mohammed Taher Mohammed, Iraqi weightlifter
  • Musa Mohammed (footballer) (born 1991), Kenyan football player
  • Nazr Mohammed, American retired basketball player
  • Nick Mohammed, British actor, comedian, and writer.
  • Nick Mohammed (wrestler), Canadian wrestler
  • Rajaa Mohammed, Kuwaiti actress
  • Ramzi Mohammed, Somali national convicted of involvement in the attempted London bombing of 21 July 2005
  • Shaffaq Mohammed, British politician and Member of the European Parliament
  • Sohail Mohammed, American judge
  • Syed Mohammed, Indian cricketer
  • Terique Mohammed, Canadian soccer player
  • Wasiru Mohammed, Ghanaian professional boxer
  • Zehn Mohammed, English football player

Muhammad

  • Al-Quadin Muhammad (born 1995), American football player
  • Asia Muhammad (born 1991), American tennis player
  • Clara Muhammad, born Clara Evans, wife of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad
  • Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975), born Elijah Poole, African American religious leader
  • Idris Muhammad, born Leo Morris, American musician
  • John Allen Muhammad (born John Allen Williams; 1960–2009), American serial/spree killer and one of the two D.C. Snipers
  • Khalfani Muhammad (born 1994), American football player
  • Kiara Muhammad (born 1998), American actress
  • Muhsin Muhammad, American football player
  • Rasheed Muhammad, Pakistani tissue seller and murderer
  • Ruby Muhammad, American centenarian
  • Shabazz Muhammad (born 1993), American basketball player
  • Umar Muhammad (born 1975), American football player
  • Belal Muhammad, American-born Palestinian mixed martial artist

Patronymics

ibn

  • Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (?–737), scholar
  • Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630–632), the Islamic prophet's son
  • Qasim ibn Muhammad (598–600), the Islamic prophet's son
  • Abdullah ibn Muhammad (600–614), the Islamic prophet's son
  • Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad (1332–1406), Arab historiographer and historian
  • Marwan ibn Muhammad
  • Abdallah ibn Muhammad, better known as Al-Saffah (r. 750–754), was the first Abbasid caliph and founder of Abbasid Caliphal dynasty.
  • Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad, better known as Al-Mansur, was the second Abbasid caliph from 754 to 775.
  • Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, also known as Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, was the Abbasid princess, singer and composer.
  • Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi, also known as Ubaydallah ibn Muhammad, was the Abbasid princess and officer.
  • Ali ibn al-Mahdi, also known as Ali ibn Muhammad, was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi and his wife Rayta.
  • Musa al-Hadi, also known as Musa ibn Muhammad, was the fourth Abbasid caliph from 785 to 786.
  • Harun al-Rashid, also known as Harun ibn Muhammad, was the fifth Abbasid caliph from 786 to 809.
  • Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi, the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi.
  • Isa ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi, ,the youngest brother of Harun al-Rashid.
  • Musa ibn Muhammad al-Amin, ,the son of Abbasid caliph al-Amin.
  • Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Amin, the second son of caliph Al-Amin.
  • Al-Wathiq (812–847), also known as Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim was the Abbasid caliph from 842 to 847.
  • Al-Mutawakkil (822–861), also known as Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, was the tenth Abbasid caliph from 847 to 861.
  • Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, the Abbasid prince and father of Al-Musta'in
  • Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, an Abbasid princess and the patron of Art and science.
  • Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim
  • Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, one of the youngest sons of caliph al-Mu'tasim.
  • Abdallah ibn Muhammad, better known as Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz or simply as Ibn al-Muʿtazz, was an Arab prince and poet.
  • Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Muhtadi, the son of Abbasid caliph al-Muhtadi.
  • Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, better known as Al-Muqtadi, was the caliph of Baghdad during later Abbasid period.

bint

  • Fatimah bint Muhammad (605–632 disputed), the Islamic prophet's daughter
  • Zainab bint Muhammad, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis)
  • Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis)
  • Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis)
  • Fatimah bint Muhammad was the wife of Arab caliph Al-Mansur.
  • Abbasa bint al-Mahdi also known Abbasa bint Muhammad was the Abbasid princess.
  • Ulayya bint al-Mahdi also known as Ulayya bint Muhammad was an Abbasid princess and Arab poet.
  • Banuqa bint al-Mahdi also known as Banuqa bint Muhammad was elder sister of caliph Harun ar-Rashid.
  • Aliyah bint al-Mahdi, also known as Aliyah bint Muhammad was an Abbasid princess.

Teknonymy

  • Hasan ibn Ali also known as Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Ali, was the son of Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib, and caliph in 661.
  • Al-Hadi, also known as Abu Muhammad Musa al-Hadi, was the 4th Abbasid caliph.
  • Al-Muktafi also known as Abu Muhammad Ali, was the 17th Abbasid caliph from 902 – 13 August 908.
  • Al-Mustadi also known as Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Yusuf al-Mustanjid was the Caliph in Baghdad from 1170 to 1180.

Fictional

Derived names

Umm Muhammad

  • Umm Muhammad bint Salih, was the wife of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
  • Hubshiya also known as Umm Muhammad was the mother of Abbasid caliph Al-Muntasir
  • Qurb, also known as Umm Muhammad was the mother of al-Muhtadi.
  • Ashin, also known as Umm Muhammad was the mother of 12th-century caliph of Baghdad al-Muqtafi.

Famous derived names

  • Muhammad Ali
  • Mohammad-Reza
  • Mohammad Taqi (disambiguation), multiple people

Legality and restrictions

China

Further information: Persecution of Uyghurs in China

In 2017 legislation made it illegal in China to give children names that the Chinese government deemed to "exaggerate religious fervor”.[25][4] This prohibition included a ban on naming children Muhammad.[4] The legislation was officially intended to prevent "religious extremism" among the country's Uighur minority, but may have been an act of persecution against the Uighur community.[19]

Pakistan

The government of Pakistan forbids members of its Ahmadi community from naming their children Muhammad.[26][27] Al Jazeera reported in 2021 that blasphemy charges had been filed against Ahmadis who wrote "Mohammed" on a wedding invitation in an unspecified amount of instances.[28]

See also

  • Ahmad
  • Ma, surname used by some Chinese Muslims instead of Muhammad
  • Mamadou, West African form of Muhammad
  • Mehmed, a Turkish form of Muhammad
  • Mohd, shortened version of Muhammad used in South Asia
  • Mohannad
  • Muhanad
  • Yusuf Muhammad (disambiguation)
  • Mohammadi (disambiguation)
  • Muhammad (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Muhammad
  • All pages with titles beginning with Mohamad
  • All pages with titles beginning with Mohammad
  • All pages with titles beginning with Mohammed
  • All pages with titles beginning with Mohamed
  • All pages with titles beginning with Mehmet
  • Arabic name
  • Turkish name
Look up Muhammad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Notes

References

  1. ^ Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition
  2. ^ Mamadou, retrieved 18 February 2025
  3. ^ Dugan, Emily (15 August 2014). "Most popular baby names: The top 20 boys and girls names in England and Wales". Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Hernández, Javier C. (2017-04-25). "China Bans 'Muhammad' and 'Jihad' as Baby Names in Heavily Muslim Region". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. ^ "Amid bullets and 'blasphemy', Pakistan's Ahmadis struggle on". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  6. ^ "Muhammad- Dictionary"
  7. ^ Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East: Asma Afsaruddin, A. H. Mathias Zahniser - 1997, p. 389.
  8. ^ "MUHAMMAD, prophet of Islam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001–07". 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Baby names: The top 20 boys and girls names in England and Wales". The Independent. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  10. ^ "Muhammad was most popular boys' baby name in England and Wales in 2023". Reuters. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Insee − Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Les parents marseillais ont craqué pour Inès et MOHAMED". 24 February 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  13. ^ Verkruyssen, Freddy (24 November 2009). "EMMA EN NOAH ZIJN de populairste voornamen van 2008" (PDF) (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  14. ^ "JTW News - "MUHAMMAD" Most Popular Among Danish Muslims". Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  15. ^ http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi; searched for MOHAMED
  16. ^ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "MUHAMMAD - Name Meaning, What does MUHAMMAD mean?". www.thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  19. ^ a b Huang, Joyce (2017-04-26). "China Issues Ban on Many Muslim Names in Xinjiang". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  20. ^ "Digi- ja väestötietovirasto".
  21. ^ "Digi- ja väestötietovirasto". verkkopalvelu.vrk.fi. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  22. ^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  23. ^ Alford T. Welch; Ahmad S. Moussalli; Gordon D. Newby (2009). "Muḥammad". In John L. Esposito (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. The Prophet of Islam was a religious, political, and social reformer who gave rise to one of the great civilizations of the world. From a modern, historical perspective, Muḥammad was the founder of Islam. From the perspective of the Islamic faith, he was God's Messenger (rasūl Allāh), called to be a "warner," first to the Arabs and then to all humankind.
  24. ^ "After a 26-year legal battle, Canada boots convicted terrorist Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad | Brantford Expositor".
  25. ^ Shepherd, Christian; Blanchard, Ben (30 March 2017). "China sets rules on beards, veils to combat extremism in Xinjiang". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  26. ^ Country Policy and Information Note Pakistan: Ahmadis
  27. ^ Pakistan
  28. ^ "Amid bullets and 'blasphemy', Pakistan's Ahmadis struggle on". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
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