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احمد
احمد (ahmad) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Urdu and Persian.
Ottoman Turkish and Pashto and Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Ahmed.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
احمد comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Classical Persian اَحْمَد, from Arabic أَحْمَد; its root is Arabic ح م د.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
احمد’s family of names
In Urdu usage, احمد has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ahmed. In Ottoman Turkish usage, احمد has a transliteration in Ahmed. In Ottoman Turkish usage, احمد has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Ahmet.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
احمد has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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