Hamed

Spellings & scripts●

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 in 1 language 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◐

Hamed is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name21K records spelled Hamed34 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hamod, Hāmĕď, Hâmed, Hámèd, Hāmēd

• a separate given name14K records spelled Hamed5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Iran, Morocco

  Also written Hâmed, Hāmed, Ḥamed, Ḥāmed

• Danish given name2.1K records spelled Hamed13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iran

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Håmęd, Håméď, Haméd, Hàmēd, Håmêd

• Pashto given name1.8K records spelled Hamed3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iran, Afghanistan, United States, Türkiye

  Also written Ĥámĕď, Ĥămĕd

• Russian given name1.3K records spelled Hamed7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Iran, Türkiye, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Хамед, Hâmed

• Amharic given name904 records spelled Hamed4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Iran, Türkiye

  Also written ሀመድ, ሃመድ, ሀሜድ

• Croatian given name636 records spelled Hamed11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Iran, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Croatian, Bosnian, Bulgarian

  Also written Хамед, Hàmêd, Hàméd

52 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.

Other recorded senses●

Hamed is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, praiseworthy

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, praised

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, praise

  as a name·African Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 95 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hamed Karouib. 1927TNTunisian politician (1927-2020)
• Hamed Bakayokob. 1965CIPrime Minister of Ivory Coast (2020-2021)
• Hamed Abdel-Samadb. 1972EGGerman political scientist and historian
• Hamed Behdadb. 1973IRIranian actor
• Hamed Haddadib. 1985IRIranian basketball player (born 1985)
• Hamed Sinnob. 1988LBLebanese-American singer
• Hamed Talebib. 1991IRIranian sportsperson
• Mohamed Salahb. 1992EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian association football player (born 1992)
• Hamed Junior Traoréb. 2000CIIvorian association football player
• Hamed bin Zayed Al NahyanAEEmirati royal

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 · 473 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hamed?

We estimate roughly 5.7 thousand people bear Hamed (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Hamed have the most bearers?

Hamed is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled hamed.

How common is Hamed compared with other names?

In Oman, Hamed is the 8th most common given name of 5,236 given names recorded there.

Is Hamed a male or female name?

Hamed 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 Hamed mean?

Recorded meaning: praised; praiseworthy (Arabic root ḥ-m-d)