Ahmad

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Uzbek
Scripts أحمد(Arabic) احمد(Persian, Urdu, Pashto) আহমদ(Bengali) Ахӏмад(Avar) Аҳмад(Uzbek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈʔaħ.mad/(Arabic) /ʔæh.ˈmæd/(Persian) /ˈəɦ.məd̪/(Urdu) /ˈaɦ.mɔd̪/(Bengali) /ˈah.mad/(Indonesian, Malay)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "most commendable, most praiseworthy" in Arabic (a superlative form of Hamid 1).

Related Names

Rootḥamīd
VariantsAhmed, Hameed, Hamid(Arabic) Ahmed(Urdu) Ahmed(Bengali) Ahmed(Pashto) Akhmad(Indonesian)
Feminine FormsHamida, Hamidah(Arabic) Hamide, Hamideh(Persian) Hamida(Bengali) Hamidah(Indonesian) Hamidah(Malay)
Other Languages & CulturesHamit(Albanian) Əhməd(Azerbaijani) Akhmat(Bashkir) Ahmed, Hamid(Bosnian) Akhmad(Chechen) Ahmed(Dhivehi) Aamadu(Fula) Ahmadu(Hausa) Akhmad(Ingush) Akhmet(Kazakh) Ehmed(Kurdish) Akmat(Kyrgyz) Akmad(Maguindanao) Axmed(Somali) Akhmat(Tatar) Akmad(Tausug) Ahmed, Ahmet, Hamit(Turkish) Ehmet(Uyghur) Amadou, Amadu(Western African)
Surname DescendantsAhmad, Ahmed(Arabic) Ahmad, Ahmed(Bengali) Ahmadi(Persian) Ahmad, Ahmed(Urdu)
Same SpellingƏhməd

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Categories

architects, baseball players, folk heroes, greatness, Moroccan sultans, praise, success, top 10 in Afghanistan, top 10 in Indonesia, top 10 in Iran, top 10 in Lebanon, top 10 in Malaysia
Entry updated October 6, 2024