Muhammad

Muhammad or Muhammed is a common anglicized spelling of the Arabic given name مُحَمَّد muḥammad, from the root Ḥ-M-D "praise." The name "Muhammad" is the transliteration of an Arabic name that comes from the Arabic passive participle from the triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D ("praise"). A strict transliteration is muḥammad. Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud, Ahmed, Hamid and al-Hamid, one of the 99 names of God meaning "The Blesser... more

Muhammad or Muhammed is a common anglicized spelling of the Arabic given name مُحَمَّد muḥammad, from the root Ḥ-M-D "praise." The name "Muhammad" is the transliteration of an Arabic name that comes from the Arabic passive participle from the triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D ("praise"). A strict transliteration is muḥammad. Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud, Ahmed, Hamid and al-Hamid, one of the 99 names of God meaning "The Blesser". The name is also transliterated as Mohammad (primarily in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan), Muhammed (Arab World, primarily in North Africa), Mohamed (Arab World), Muhammad (Arab World), Muhammed, Muhamed, Mehmed (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Muhammed, Muhammet, Muhamet or Mehmet (Turkey and Albania) Mohand (Algeria). In Latin, it is Mahometus (hence Italian Maometto) and Μωάμεθ (Moameth) in Greek. In Spanish is Mahoma, where the H has a mute sound, being pronounced "Maoma". In Chinese, it is written as 穆罕默德(Mùhǎnmòdé). In Russia, while the name... less