Given name

Muhammadu

Muhammadu is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Hausa.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Muhammadu has a related form in Mohammed. An origin associated with Mohammed is Arabic.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Arabic مُحَمَّد.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Muhammadu’s family of names

In Hausa usage, Muhammadu has a related form in Mohammed. In Hausa usage, Muhammadu has a conventional equivalent in the German form Mohammed. In Hausa usage, Muhammadu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Muhammad.

Walk Muhammadu’s family in the name graph

MuhammaduMohammedMuhammadMehmedMahoma

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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

Around the world

Muhammadu has relatives in 5 languages.

Hausa

4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Muhammadu

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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