Given name & surname

Mohamud

Mohamud is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Mohamud isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mohamud through the years

Babies since 1880
257
257 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2013
17 babies
2025
6
#11,551 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−58%
Cooling
02.557.51020002025Highest share 20173.5
Mohamud in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,551 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,155 as a first name in 2020; 4,502 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.

Mohamud’s family of names

In English usage, Mohamud has a related form in Muhammad.

Walk Mohamud’s family in the name graph

MohamudMuhammad

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Mohamud, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Arabic · Modern

Mahmud

“one who is praiseworthy”

11Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Malakii

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Mathyus

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Mannan

Mannan is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Miking

14Very rareCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Madon

“one who is organized; a planner”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Mohamad

“praised, commendable, laudable”

36RareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Osahon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Mohamud’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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