Muhammad

Where Muhammad comes from

Transliteration of Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad, “praised, commendable, laudable”), the passive participle of حَمَّدَ (ḥammada, “to praise, commend, laud, extol”). From the same triconsonantal root ح م د (ḥ m d) as, but distinct from, Mahmud. Doublet of Mahound and mammet.
— Wiktionary's entry for Muhammad
  • Arabic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 571
    Muhammad born
    Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam
  2. 1929
    First appearance
    #3,959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1942
    Muhammad Ali born
    American boxer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #239
    1,473 babies named Muhammad — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic, very popular among Muslims.
Namesakes
  • Muhammad · Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam, 571–632
  • Muhammad Ali · American boxer, 1942–2016
  • Muhammad Yunus · Bangladeshi banker, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, born 1940
  • Muhammad Iqbal · British-Indian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician, 1877–1938

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.