First name origins & meanings:
- Arabic: To praise
- Arabic: Praised one
First name variations: Achmad, Achmed, Ahmed, Ahamad, Ahamed, Ahmaad, Ahmaud, Amad, Amahd, Amed, Muhammed, Mohamad, Mohammed, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohamet, Mahmoud, Mehemet, Mehmet, Ahmet, Amad, Amed, Hamid, Hamad, Hammed, Muhammad
Last name origin & meaning:
Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic
personal name Ạhmad ‘the most praised’, elative adjective
from ̣hamid (see Hamid). This is an epithet of the
Prophet Muhammad. In the Qur’an (6:16) Jesus foretells the arrival of
Ạhmad (the Prophet Muhammad) in the words: ‘I have brought good
news about a messenger who will come after me, whose name will be
Ạhmad’.