Ahmet

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ahmad in PK Pakistan, MY Malaysia, US United States and 6 more, Ahmed in BD Bangladesh, GB United Kingdom, ES Spain and 1 more, Amit in IN India, NP Nepal and Ахмед in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ahmet is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name46K records spelled Ahmet13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Syria

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written A'Hmet, Àhmèt, Ahmët, Ähmëț, Ăhmęţ

• Spanish given name27K records spelled Ahmet8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Syria, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written A'Hmet, Ahmét, 'Ahmet, Åhmet

• Greek given name5.4K records spelled Ahmet18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, Türkiye, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Ahmed, Achmet, Αχμέτ, Âhmêd, Åhmëď

• Finnish given name3.9K records spelled Ahmet4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Türkiye, Slovenia, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Åhmét

• Italian given name2.4K records spelled Ahmet4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, United States, Netherlands

  Also written A'Hmet, Ähmèt, Ahmét

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 150 years between 1866–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Al-Mu'tadidb. 854IQnot in their usual name16th Abbasid Caliph from 892 to 902
• Ahmed Ib. 1590TRnot in their usual name14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1603–1617)
• Ahmed IIb. 1643TRnot in their usual name21th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1691–1695)
• Ahmed IIIb. 1673BGnot in their usual name23th Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1703–1730)
• Ahmed Urabib. 1841EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian army officer and revolutionary (1841–1911)
• Ahmet Necdet Sezerb. 1941TR10th President of Turkey (born 1941)
• Jamal Khashoggib. 1958SAnot in their usual nameSaudi journalist (1958–2018)
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawib. 1966JOnot in their usual nameJordanian jihadist (1966–2006)
• Halit Ergençb. 1970TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (born 1970)
• Midob. 1983EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 610 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ahmet?

We estimate roughly 987 thousand people bear Ahmet (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Ahmet have the most bearers?

Ahmet is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled amit.

How common is Ahmet compared with other names?

In India, Ahmet is the 35th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Ahmet a male or female name?

Ahmet is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ahmet mean?

Recorded meaning: Övülmeye layık, övülmüş.