Mohammed

Mohammed

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moʊˈhɑːmɛd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Mohammed

  1. A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.
  2. Alternative spelling of Muhammad (the prophet who introduced Islam).
    • 2021 October 4, Reuters, “Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash”, in CNN[1]:
      Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said.
  3. A surname.

Usage notes

  • This was the predominant spelling from the late 1700s (when it overtook Mahomet) until the 1940s, when it was overtaken by Muhammad, which see for more.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mohammed is the 2395th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15132 individuals. Mohammed is most common among Black/African-American (36.67%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (34.25%) individuals.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmoːˈɦɑ.mɛt/, (less common) /ˈmoː.ɦɑˌmɛt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mo‧ham‧med

Proper noun

Mohammed m

  1. Muhammad (prophet of Islam)

Derived terms

French

Proper noun

Mohammed m

  1. alternative form of Mohamed (Muhammad)

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmoː.(h)a.mɛt/ (normal)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • IPA(key): /moˈha.mɛt/ (less common)
    • IPA(key): /ˈmɔr.mɛt/, [ˈmɔɐ̯mɛt], [ˈmɔːmɛt] (sometimes in casual speech)

    Proper noun

    Mohammed m

    1. Muhammad (the prophet of Islam)
    2. a male given name from Arabic very popular among Muslims

    Usage notes

    • The spelling Mohammed remains the common one in German, at least when referring to the founder of Islam. The spelling Muhammad is chiefly restricted to scientific and inner-Islamic usage.

    Hausa

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mù.hám.màd/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mʊ̀.hám.màd]

    Proper noun

    Mòhammèd m

    1. a male given name: alternative form of Muhammadu