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other uses|Muhammad (disambiguation)Infobox Given Name Revised| name = Muhammad|image=|imagesize=200px|caption=The name Muhammad in traditional Thuluth calligraphy by the hand of Hattat Aziz Efendi .| pronunciation = IPA-en|mo?'hæm?d|lang, IPA-en|mo?'h??m?d|, IPA-en|mu?'hæm?d|, IPA-en|mu?'h??m?d|,''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th editionIPA-en|mo?'hæm?d|, IPA-en|mo?'h??m?d|, IPA-en|mo?'h??m?d|. IPA-ar|m?'hæmmæd|lang|, IPA-ar|mo'hæmmæd|. IPA-arz|mæ'hæmmæd|lang. IPA-tr|mu'hammed|lang. IPA-ur|m?'ha?mm?d|lang. | gender = Male| meaning = Praised | region = Middle East | origin = Arabic language | alternative spelling = Mohamad , Mohamed , Mohammad , Mohammed , Muhamad , Muhamed , Muhamet , Muhammed , Muhammet , Mahammad | wikt = Muhammad is the primary Romanization of Arabic|transliteration of the Arabic given name, script/Arabic|????????, from the Semitic root#Triconsonantal roots|triconsonantal root of ?-M-D ; Praise. It is the name of the prophet of Islam . Throughout the Muslim world , it is popular to name a male child after him. This name and its variant transliteration s are among List of most popular given names|the most popular names in the world .
Etymology
The name transl|ar|DIN|Mu?ammad is the strictest and primary Romanization of Arabic|transliteration of the Arabic given name, lang|ar|????, that comes from the Arabic Voice (grammar)|passive participle and Semitic root#Triconsonantal roots|triconsonantal root of ?-M-D ( Praise ); hence Praised . However, its actual pronunciation differs varieties of Arabic|colloquially , for example, in Egyptian Arabic : IPA-arz|mæ'hæmmæd|IPA, while in exclusively religious contexts, talking about Islam : IPA-arz|mo'hæmmæd|IPA.
Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud , Ahmed , and Hamid ; which is one of the Names of God in Islam|99 Names of Allah , meaning The Blesser .
Transliterations
Principal
The name is also transliterated as Mohammad (primarily in Iran and Afghanistan ), Muhammad (in Pakistan , Bangladesh and India ), 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 language|Italian Maometto ) and ???µe? ( Moameth ) in Greek language|Greek . In Catalan language|Catalan and in Spanish language|Spanish , it is Mahoma , and in Galician language|Galician it is Mamede . In Russia, it is ???????? ( Mukhammad ), another common spelling is ??????? ( Magomed ). In Somali language|Somali , it is Maxamed . In Senegal and in other West African nations, the variant is Mamadou . In Kazakh language|Kazakh , the name is ???????? (Mukhammed) . In Chinese, it is written as lang|zh|???? ( Mùhanmòdé ).
Statistics
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655
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587
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622
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701
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725
91
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719
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774
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778
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883
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According to the sixth edition of The Columbia Encyclopedia (2000), Muhammad is the most common given name in the world, including variations. http://www.bartleby.com/65/mu/Muhammd.html Muhammad, prophet of Islam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 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. 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. http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ Popular baby names In 2009 Mohamed , the most common spelling variant, was ranked 430th in the US. http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi; searched for Mohamed
The BBC reported that Muhammad was the second most popular given name for baby boys in Britain in 2007, combining 14 spelling variations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7115821.stm What can't be named Muhammad?
In May 2006, it was reported that statistics indicate that some 8,928 Islam in Denmark|Danish Muslims carry the name Muhammad and that in 2004 alone, 167 new-born babies were registered. http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php? id=31519 JTW News - "Muhammad" Most Popular Among Danish Muslims
In 2009 Mohammed was the sixteenth most popular baby name in England and Wales , though it was the most popular in the West Midlands (region)|West Midlands .BBC News. " http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11635125 Oliver and Oliva top names' list." BBC . October 27, 2010. Retrieved on October 29, 2010.
Mohammed and Mohamed were the first most popular baby name in Département Seine-Saint-Denis (2002, 2008) and in Marseilles (2007, 2009), France. 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
Some men who have the first given name of Muhammad (or one of its variant spellings) choose to not use it as a given name, as it is such a perennially common name. Instead they may use another given name. For example, Anwar Sadat , Hosni Mubarak , Zia-ul-Haq , Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan and Nawaz Sharif use their second given name.
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Mohammad
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Mohammed
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Muhamad
Muhamad Ali Aman , Southeast Asian politician
Muhamad Salih Dilan , Kurdish Poet
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Muhamad Kanan , Israeli Arab politician
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Muhamed
Muhamed Alaim , Bosnian football goalkeeper
Muhamed Haneef , Indian physician
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Muhammad
Muhammad Ma Jian Hui people|Chinese Muslim Confucian and Islamic scholar
Muhammad Amin Bughra Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
Muhammad Ali (1942& ndash;), United States|American heavyweight boxing champion
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Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (631& ndash;658), Son of Abu Bakr , raised by Ali
Muhammad al-Baqir 676& ndash;743 Shia|Shi‘ah Imam
Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909& ndash;1963), Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953& ndash;1955
Muhammad of Ghor (1162& ndash;1206), Persian conqueror and sultan between 1171 and 1206
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924& ndash;1988), ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988 under martial law
Muhammad Iqbal (1877& ndash;1938), poet born into the British Raj, considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan
Ibn al-Qayyim|Muhammad al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya (? & ndash;1350), Sunni Islamic scholar
Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan , Pakistani al-Qaeda operative
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (~780& ndash;~850) Persian mathematician
Muhammad II of Khwarezm|Sultan Muhammad of Khwarezmia (? & ndash;1220), last ruler of Khwarezmia
Muhammad al-Mahdi (869& ndash;? ), Last Twelvers|Twelver Shi‘ah Imam
Muhammad ibn Maslama (589& ndash;666)
Muhammad Naguib (1901& ndash;1984), first President of Egypt , in 1953
Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769& ndash;1849), viceroy of Egypt , sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt
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Muhammed
Muhammed (571& ndash;632), the Prophet of Islam
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Muhammed Amin Andrabi , Indian academic
Muhammed Emin Zeki Bey , Kurdish historian
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Muhammed Suiçmez (1975& ndash;), Germany|German musician
Muhammed Taib , Saudi Arabian lawyer
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Muhammed Hamdi Yazir , Turkish philosopher and theologian
Muhammet
Muhammet Akagündüz , Austrian footballer
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Muhammet Özdin , Turkish footballer
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Surname
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Elijah Muhammad , born Elijah Poole, African American religious leader
Ghulam Mohammad (disambiguation)|Ghulam Muhammad , various people
Idris Muhammad , born Leo Morris, American musician
Kenny Muhammad , beatboxer
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964 or 1965& ndash;), Confessed mastermind of numerous Islamic terrorism|terror plots, including the September 11 attacks and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed#List of confessions|others
John Allen Muhammad , born John Allen Williams, American spree killer
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