Mohamad

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mohammed in BD Bangladesh, IN India, DZ Algeria and 6 more, Mohamed in EG Egypt, MA Morocco, TZ Tanzania and 3 more, Mohammad in US United States, LB Lebanon, IR Iran and 1 more and Muhammad in PK Pakistan, AU Australia, PS Palestine.

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 11 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◐

Mohamad is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name159K records spelled Mohamad16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Syria, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Möhàmáď, MöháMad, Móĥàmàd, Mohàmàd, Mõhãmad

• a separate given name102K records spelled Mohamad3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Iran

  Also written Moḥamad, Mohamaḍ

• Turkish given name68K records spelled Mohamad8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye, Lebanon, Malaysia

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek

  Also written Möhamad, Mőhâmãd

• French given name29K records spelled Mohamad18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Syria, Malaysia

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Möhamad, Mòhamad, Môhämãd, Möhămăď, Môhàmad

• Chinese given name20K records spelled Mohamad3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Syria, United States, Iran

  Languages: Chinese, Burmese

  Also written Ḿōhāmad

• Russian given name12K records spelled Mohamad11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Мохамад, Mokhamad, Mőĥåmad, Moḥamad

55 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●

Mohamad 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 Malay, alternative form of Muhammad

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, medicine man

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Muslim; variant of Muhammad.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family 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) — 87 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Muḥammad ibn Ismaeel al-Bukhārīb. 810UZnot in their usual namePersian Islamic scholar (810-870)
• Mohamad Sabub. 1954MYMalaysian politician
• Mohamad Hasanb. 1956MYMalaysian politician
• M. Nasirb. 1957MYnot in their usual nameSingaporean-Malaysian poet, singer, songwriter, composer, producer, actor and director (born 1957)
• Mamat Khalidb. 1963MYnot in their usual nameMalaysian film director (1963–2021)
• Jalani Sidekb. 1963MYnot in their usual namebadminton player
• Khir Toyob. 1965MYnot in their usual nameMalaysian politician
• Mohamad Ghaddarb. 1984LBLebanese footballer
• Mohamad Haidarb. 1989LBLebanese soccer player
• Mohamad Kdouhb. 1993LBLebanese footballer

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 · 741 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mohamad?

We estimate roughly 456 thousand people bear Mohamad (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Mohamad have the most bearers?

Mohamad is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled mohammed.

How common is Mohamad compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Mohamad is the most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Mohamad a male or female name?

Mohamad 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 Mohamad mean?

Recorded meaning: A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.