Given name & surname
Mohamed
“praiseworthy”
Mohamed is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in English, Spanish, French, and Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mohamed goes back to Arabic محمد, meaning “praiseworthy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In English use, Mohamed 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 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mohamed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19,350
- 19,350 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 712 babies
- 2025
- 568
- #527 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 568 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 527 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 712 in 2014. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (104). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 46,254 as a first name in 2020; 40,957 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.
Mohamed’s family of names
In English usage, Mohamed has a diminutive in MOHA. In French usage, Mohamed shares an earlier linguistic root with MAMADOU. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Mohamed has a related form in Mohammad.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mohamed has relatives in 9 languages.
16 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Muhammadvariant · Norwegian Bokmål, English
- Mohammadvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Mohammedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål, English
- Mohamadvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Muhammedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål, Danish
- Mahamedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Muhamedvariant · Norwegian Bokmål
- Mohhamedlikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mamadoudoublet · French
- MehmedBosnian
- M'hamedequivalent
- Maxamedequivalent
- محمدequivalent
- MahometoEsperanto
- MahomaSpanish
- MohamedoEsperanto
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mohamed
- Mohamed Morsipresident of Egypt from 2012 to 20131951–2019
- Mohamed SalahEgyptian association football player (born 1992)
- Mohamed ElBaradeiEgyptian law scholar and diplomat, 4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipientborn 1942
- Beji Caid EssebsiTunisian politician1926–2019
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanPresident of the United Arab Emiratesborn 1961
- Mohamed Naguib1st President of the Republic of Egypt (1901–1984)
- Mohamed Ould Abdel AzizPresident of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019born 1956
- Mohamed NasheedMaldivian politician, 4th president of the second republic of Maldivesborn 1967
- Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajothe 10th and current president of the Federal Republic of Somaliaborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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