Given name & surname
Mohamad
“praised, commendable, laudable”
Mohamad is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in English and Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mohamad is an alternative spelling of Muhammad. Muhammad means “praised, commendable, laudable.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mohamad has a related form in Muhammad. An origin associated with Muhammad is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mohamad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,662
- 3,662 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 126 babies
- 2025
- 73
- #2,049 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 73 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,049 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 126 in 1999. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,266 as a first name in 2020; 1,757 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mohamad’s family of names
In English usage, Mohamad has a diminutive in MOHA. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Mohamad has a related form in Mohammad. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Mohamad has a related form in Mohammad.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Muhammadvariant · English, Norwegian Bokmål
- Mohamedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Mohammadvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Mohammedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Muhammedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Mahamedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Muhamedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Mohhamadlikely variant
Show 1 moreShow fewer
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mohamad
- Muhammad al-BukhariPersian Islamic scholar (810-870)
- Mohamad GhaddarLebanese footballerborn 1984
- Mohamad Chatahformer minister of finance and ambassador to the United States (1951-2013)
- Mohamad HaidarLebanese soccer playerborn 1989
- Mohamad FityanSyrian composerborn 1984
- Mohamad Al-GarniQatari middle distance runnerborn 1992
- Aniq KasdanMalaysian weightlifterborn 2002
- Mamat KhalidMalaysian film director (1963–2021)
- Mohamad HasanMalaysian politicianborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Mohamad, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Mohamud
>99% boys
Molik
>99% boys
Marquise
“a lord of the borderlands; a nobleman”
>99% boys
Macaulay
“the son of righteousness”
>99% boys
Maxamus
>99% boys
Mekhi
Mekhi is a masculine given name.
>99% boys
Maycon
Maycon is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
>99% boys
Mikial
>99% boys