Muslim Baby Names Site

Muhammad is the most common muslim names in the world. The name Muhammad is Arabic and means “praise”, or “the praised one.” It is estimated that over 15 million people in the world.

Many famous people bear the name Muhammad, the most known maybe is the legendary boxer and heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Birth name was Cassius Clay and he changed his name about the time he got known for his boxing talents.
This common muslim names is very popular in the United States and also in the Middle East, but also many have the name Muhammad in Europe as well.Abd al-rahman Muhammad Ahmed Abd al-Karim is a British actor.
Muhammed Suimez is a German musician. Mohamed al-Fayed is a Swiss based millionaire.
Mohamed ElBaradei is the Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.
Mohammad Ashraful is a Bangladeshi cricketer.
Many people bear the name Muhammad and it is still a popular name for all baby from anywhere in the world.

Below are listed the fourteen variant spellings;
Mohammed
Muhammad
Mohammad
Muhammed
Mohamed
Mohamad
Mahammed
Mohammod
Mahamed
Muhammod
Muhamad
Mohmmed
Mohamud
Mohammud

Muslims differ on why there are so many variants of the name, some say it is the result of phonetic translations by Muslims who moved here from abroad. Others say that it is merely down to the personal choice of the parents.
The most popular for baby boy’s names in 2006 in the UK are;
1 Jack 6,928, 2 Muhammad (all spellings) 5,991, 3 Thomas 5,921, 4 Joshua 5,808, 5 Oliver 5,208, 6 Harry 5,006, 7 James 4,783, 8 William 4,327, 9 Samuel 4,320, 10 Daniel 4,303, 11 Charlie 4,178, 12 Benjamin 3,778, 13 Joseph 3,755, 14 Callum 3,517, 15 George 3,386, 16 Jake 3,353, 17 Alfie 3,194, 18 Luke 3,108,19 Matthew 3,043, 20 Ethan 3,020

Author: Stig Kristoffersen