Muhammad

Muḥammad English + (sura) Author:Muhammad Etymology en ar مُحَمَّد praised, commendable, laudable, the passive participle of ar حَمَّدَ to praise, commend, laud, extol. From the same triconsonantal root ح م د 1 as, but distinct from, en Mahmud 1. en Mahound mammet. en ar ح م د Pronunciation en /mʊˈhɑməd/ /mʊˈhæməd/ /məˈhæmɪd/ en /məˈhɐməd/ /mʊˈhɐməd/ AU en en-us-Muhammad.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Muhammad.wav Southern England Proper noun s en Q9458 en Islam uncountable The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. en Q230604 en Islam uncountable The 47th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. en Q19693229 en countable en male Arabic, very popular among Muslims. en Arabic. Alternative forms thumb|"Muhammad, the Messenger of God" inscribed on the gates of the Prophet's Mosque, Medina en Mahomet was the predominant form until the late 1700s. en Mohammed was the predominant form from then until the 1940s, when it was overtaken by en Muhammad, which has been predominant ever since. Other forms which are now quite common are en Mohammad, en Mohamed and en Muhammed, which all came into common use after the 1820s. 2 other forms en fairly common today: Mahomed Mahommed Mehemet Mohamad en fairly common historically but uncommon today: Muhamed Muhammat Muhamad Mehemed Mehemmed Mahoma Muhammud Mahemet Mehemmet en Ottoman/tr --derived, usually as given names: Mehmed Mehmet en West African, ha --derived: Muhammadu, en Francophone Mamadou Mahmadou Mahamadou en rare, ce --derived, via ru -: Magomed Magomet en uncommon and in most cases obsolete: Mohamet Mahamad Mahammad Mahamet Mahumet Mohammet Mahammed Mahamed Mahommet Mahomad Machomet Mahommad Muhammet Mahomat Muhamet Muhamat Maomet Mohamat en rare and in most cases obsolete: Mahamat Mahamid Mohamud Mohammud Mahomett Mohamid Mohammid Muhamud Muhammid Mahammet Muhamid Magomet Mohemet Mehammed Mohemmed Mehamet Mohemed Mahemed ;   Mouhammad Mouhamed Mouhamad Muhmmed Mohamod Mohammod Muhmad Muhmmad Muhimmad Mohmad Mohmmad Mohmmed Mohmed en very rare and in most cases obsolete: Machoumet Mahamath Mahamett Mahamit Mahammat Mahammid Mahemett Mahemmed Mahemmet Mahometh Mahommat Mahommett Mahoumed Mahoumet Mahumett Mehamid Mehammad Mehemett Moammed Moehammad Mohamit Mohammat Mohamut Mohemmet Mohomet Mouhamet Mouhammed Muammed Muhamut Muhemmad Mathomus en rare, derived from modern scholarly transliteration transliterations of Arabic: Muħammad Muḥammad Given names and scholarly forms occasionally transcribed in English: en Chinese-Muslim, via zh 馬: Ma Mah Mar Mo en ber - variant, common among Kabyles: Mohand See §Translations for forms in other languages. Synonyms en Seal of the Prophets, en al-Amin, en Abu Qasim, en Momo derogatory, internet slang Coordinate terms Coordinate terms Derived terms en if the mountain won't come to Muhammad en Mohammedan, en Mohammedanism now offensive en Mohammedism, en Mohammedist rare, offensive Muhammadan Muhammadian Muhammadism Muhammadist Muhammadstan Related terms en MbS Muhammad bin Salman en Mahmud/Mahmoud en mammet; mammetry en Baphomet probably en Mahound en Hemedti Translations the prophet who introduced Islam Afrikaans: af Mohammed Albanian: sq Muhammedi m Arabic: ar مُحَمَّد m Egyptian Arabic: arz محمد m maḥammad Aragonese: an Mahoma Aramaic: arc ܡܘܚܡܕ Armenian: hy Մուհամմադ Asturian: ast Mahoma Avestan: ae 𐬀𐬴𐬙𐬀 𐬙𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬐𐬁𐬥𐬀𐬨 s m Azerbaijani: az Məhəmməd, az Məhəmməd Peyğəmbər Bashkir: ba Мөхәммәт, ba Мөхәммәт пәйғәмбәр Basque: eu Muhammad Belarusian: be Магаме́т m, be Муха́мед m Bengali: bn মুহাম্মদ Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Mahoma Bislama: bi Muhammed Breton: br Mohammed Bulgarian: bg Мохаме́д m Burmese: my မိုဟာမက် Catalan: ca Mafumet Cebuano: ceb Mahoma Chechen: ce Мухьаммад Chinese: Dungan: dng Мухармэ Mandarin: cmn 穆罕默德 Mùhǎnmòdé, cmn 穆聖 Mùshèng Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Mtrume Cornish: kw Mahomm Corsican: co Magumetu m, co Magumettu m Czech: cs Mohamed m Danish: da Muhammed Dhivehi: dv މުޙައްމަދުގެފާނު Dutch: nl Mohammed Esperanto: eo Mohamedo Estonian: et Muḩammad Faroese: fo Muhamed m Finnish: fi Muhammed, fi Muhammad French: fr Mahomet m, fr Mohammed m Old French: fro Mahumet Frisian: West Frisian: fy Mohammed Galician: gl Mahoma Georgian: ka მაჰმადი German: de Mohammed m Alemannic German: gsw Mohammed Greek: el Μωάμεθ m Ancient Greek: grc Μουάμεδ m Gujarati: gu મુહંમદ m Hausa: ha Muhammadu Hawaiian: haw Mohameka Hebrew: he מֻחַמַּד m mukhammad Hindi: hi मुहम्मद m, hi महम्मद, hi मुहन्मद m, hi महमद m, hi मोहम्मद m Hungarian: hu Mohamed, hu Mohamed próféta Icelandic: is Múhameð m Ido: io Muhamad Indonesian: id Muhammad Interlingua: ia Mahomet Italian: it Maometto m Japanese: ja マホメット Mahometto, ja モハメッド Mohameddo, ja ムハンマド・イブン＝アブドゥッラーフ muhanmado ibun-abudurrāfu, ja ムハンマド muhanmado Javanese: jv Muhammad Kannada: kn ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ Karakalpak: kaa Muxammed Kazakh: kk Мұхаммед пайғамбар, kk Мұхаммед, kk Мұхамет Khmer: km មូហាំម៉ាត់ Korean: ko ^무함마드, ko ^마호멧 Kumyk: kum Магьаммат Mahammat Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Mihemed m Kyrgyz: ky Мукамбет пайгамбар, ky Мукамбет Latin: la Mahometus m, la Machometus m Latvian: lv Muhameds m Lithuanian: lt Mahometas m Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Mohammed Macedonian: mk Му́хамед m Malay: ms Muhammad, ms Muhammad Malayalam: ml മുഹമ്മദ് Maltese: mt Muħammed Marathi: mr मुहम्मद m Middle English: enm Macomet Mongolian: mn Мухамэд Norwegian: no Muhammed Occitan: oc Maomet Odia: or ମହମ୍ମଦ, or ମୁହାଂମେଡ଼ Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt Mafomede Old South Arabian: sem-srb 𐩣𐩢𐩣𐩵 Ossetian: os Мæхæмæт Pangasinan: pag Muhammad Pashto: ps محمد m mohammad Persian: fa محمد mohammad Polish: pl Mahomet m Portuguese: pt Maomé m Quechua: qu Muhamad Romanian: ro Mahomed Russian: ru Муха́ммед m, ru Моха́ммед m, ru Муха́ммад m, ru Магоме́т m traditional Samogitian: sgs Mahuomets Sanskrit: sa मुहम्मद m Scots: sco Mohammad Scottish Gaelic: gd Muhammad Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мухамед m Latin: sh Muhamed m Sicilian: scn Maumettu Silesian: szl Mahůmet Sindhi: sd محمد Sinhalese: si මුහම්මද් නබි, si මුහම්මද් Slovak: sk Mohamed m Slovene: sl Móhamed m Somali: so Maxamed Spanish: es Mahoma m Sundanese: su Muhammad Swahili: sw Muhammad Swedish: sv Muhammed Sylheti: syl ꠝꠥꠢꠝ꠆ꠝꠖ Tagalog: tl Mahoma Tajik: tg Муҳаммад Tamil: ta முகம்மது நபி, ta முகம்மது, ta முகமது Tatar: tt Мөхәммәт, tt Мөхәммәт пәйгамбәр Telugu: te మహమ్మద్ Thai: th มุฮัมมัด, th มะหะหมัด Tibetan: bo མུ་ཧ་མད Tigrinya: ti መሓመ፟ድ Turkish: tr Muhammed, tr Muhammet Turkmen: tk Muhammet pygamber, tk Muhammet Ukrainian: uk Муха́ммед m, uk Магоме́т m, uk Муха́мед m, uk Моха́ммед m, uk Моха́мед m Urdu: ur مُحَمَّد m Uyghur: ug مۇھەممەد, ug مەھەممەت Uzbek: uz Muhammad Vietnamese: vi Muhammad Welsh: cy Muhammad Wolof: wo Muhammad Yakut: sah Муһаммед Yiddish: yi מאַכמעד, yi מוחמד m mukhamed Yoruba: yo Mọ́mọ́dù Zazaki: Hz. zza Mıhemmed 47th sura of the Qur'an Arabic: ar سورة محمد Bulgarian: bg сура Мухаммад Kannada: kn ಸೂರ ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ Russian: ru су́ра Муха́ммад f Uyghur: ug مۇھەممەد male given name Albanian: sq Muhammed Amharic: am መሐመድ Armenian: hy Մուհամմեդ Azerbaijani: az Məhəmməd Bambara: bm Mahamadou Bashkir: ba Мөхәммәт Bengali: bn মুহাম্মদ, bn মোহাম্মদ, bn মুহম্মদ, bn মহম্মদ Bulgarian: bg Мухаммад, bg Мухаммед Burmese: my မိုဟာမက် Chinese: Mandarin: cmn ^穆罕默德, cmn ^莫哈末 from Malay, cmn ^買買提 from Uyghur Dhivehi: dv މުޙައްމަދު Finnish: fi Muhammed German: de Mohammed m Gujarati: gu મુહમ્મદ Hausa: ha Muhammadu Hebrew: he מוחמד Mukhammad Hindi: hi मुहम्मद, hi मोहम्मद, hi महम्मद, hi महमद Indonesian: id Muhammad Japanese: ja ムハンマド Muhanmado Kannada: kn ಮುಹಮ್ಮದ್ Kazakh: kk Мұқамет, kk Мұхамед Korean: ko 무함마드, ko 무하마드 Kumyk: kum Магьаммат Mahammat Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb محەممەد Kyrgyz: ky Мухаммад, ky Мамбет, ky Мукамбет Lao: lo ມຸ​ຮຳ​ມັດ Malagasy: mg Mohammed Malay: ms Muhammad Malayalam: ml മുഹമ്മദ് Marathi: mr मुहम्मद Mongolian: mn Мухамэд Moore: mos Mahamadi Nepali: ne मुहम्मद Ossetian: os Мæхæмæт Pashto: ps محمد Persian: fa محمد mohammed Punjabi: pa ਮੁਹੰਮਦ Romanian: ro Mahomed m Russian: ru Муха́ммед m, ru Моха́ммед m, ru Муха́ммад m Sindhi: sd محمد Muhammad Sinhalese: si මුහම්මද් Swahili: sw Muhammad Sylheti: syl ꠝꠥꠢꠝ꠆ꠝꠖ, syl ꠝꠢꠝ꠆ꠝꠖ Tajik: tg Муҳаммад Tamil: ta முஹம்மது, ta முகமது Telugu: te ముహమ్మద్ Turkish: tr Mehmet Urdu: ur محمد Muhammad Uyghur: ug مەھەممەت Uzbek: uz Muhammad, uz Muxammad Wolof: wo Mouhamed, wo Mouhamedou, wo Mamadou Yiddish: yi מוכאַמאַד Yoruba: yo Mọ́mọ́dù Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Muhammad is the 1884th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19076 individuals. Muhammad is most common among Black/African-American (82.86%) individuals. en Individuals Islam Qur'an Finnish Alternative forms fi Muhammed Etymology fi ar مُحَمَّد. Pronunciation Proper noun en Muhammad prophet of Islam Usage notes Language purists prefer the spelling "Muhammad", but "Muhammed" is the traditional and more popular transliteration into Finnish. Declension Muhammad a 0 Derived terms fi Muhis Indonesian Alternative forms id Muchamad Muchammad Mochamad Mochammad Mohamad Mohammad Muhamad Etymology id ms Muhammad, from id ar مُحَمَّد. Pronunciation Proper noun id proper noun id Q9458 id Islam en Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís) id male Arabic Usage notes Although being separated by a space, it behaves like a prefix. No one would be called Muhammad, but the name next to it. For example, someone who named Muhammad Rizki is always called Rizki and never Muhammad. Malay Alternative forms ms Mohamed Mohamad Muhamad ms Mat Mad Md clipping ms Muhd abbreviation Etymology ms :bor ar:مُحَمَّد<id:Muhammad> _Muhammad ms ar مُحَمَّد. Pronunciation ms [mu.ha.mat] [mu.ħam.mad] ms at ad 3 ms Mu ham mad Proper noun ms proper noun Jawi spelling محمد abbreviation ms Muhd. ms Q9458 ms Islam The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. ms male Arabic Usage notes In Malay-speaking communities, people with "Muhammad" in their names are usually referred to not by "Muhammad" but by the name that comes after that part of their given name. For example, a person whose given name is "Muhammad Aqil" would usually be referred to by other people as just "Aqil" and not as "Muhammad". Further reading Norwegian Bokmål Muhammad no Alternative forms nb Mahamed, nb Mohamad, nb Mohamed, nb Mohammad, nb Mohammed, nb Muhamed, nb Muhammed Etymology nb ar مُحَمَّد praised, commendable, the passive participle of nb ar حَمَّدَ to praise, commend, from the root ar ح م د ḥ-m-d praise root. Related Arabic names include ar أَحْمَد more praiseworthy and ar مَحْمُود praised. Pronunciation nb /mʉˈhamːad/ nb amːad 3 nb Mu ham mad Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Arabic nb given names Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 3,328 men in Norway had nb Muhammad as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“Navn”, Statistics Norway. The surname nb Muhammad was borne by 301 people in Norway as of 31 December 2025.“Etternavn”, Statistics Norway. References “Muhammad – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon. Tagalog Alternative forms tl Mohammad Mohammed Etymology tl :bor ar:مُحَمَّد<id:Muhammad> 1 ++ Mahoma Pronunciation Muhamad Proper noun Muhamad tl Islam en Muhammad the prophet who introduced Islam tl Mahoma tl male Arabic Further reading tl Islamic prophets Individuals Tausug Alternative forms tsg Muhamad tsg Mat Mad Md clipping tsg Muhd abreviation Etymology tsg :bor ar:مُحَمَّد + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun + tsg Q9458 tsg Islam en Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís) tsg male Arabic