Ahmad

AH-mad; ah-MAD; AH-mud

Arabic

"most commended, praisworthy"

Ahmad Origin and Meaning

The name Ahmad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "most commended, praisworthy".

As a form of the popular Arabic name, Hamid, Ahmad could be seen as a contraction for one of the 99 names for Allah, al-Ḥamīd, however, it might also be a variation of Muhammad as they share the same roots. Either way, the name has many variants of its own, the Urdu Ahmed, the Kazakh Akhmet, and West African Amadou.

Popular across the globe, Ahmad has also ranked in the US Top 1000 since the 70s and is given to around 400 boys each year.

Ahmad Rank in US Top 1000

# 685 in the US

Ahmad Popularity

• 685 US 2023
• 532 Future 2028
• 256 England 2021
• 382 Germany 2016

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