Mohd

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Moh'D in TZ Tanzania.

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◐

Mohd is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name2.3M records spelled Mohd36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Pakistan, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written Moh'D, Möhd, মোহ্দ, Mòhd, Môhd

• a separate given name1.3M records spelled Mohd4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, United States

  Also written Moh'D, Moh’d, Mohd'

• English given name952K records spelled Mohd48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, United States

  Languages: English, Arabic, Swahili

  Also written Moh'D, Moh’d, Mo'Hd, Möhd, Moh-D

• Spanish given name47K records spelled Mohd22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, United States, France

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Moh'D, Moh’d, Mõhd, Möhd, Móhd

• Japanese given name11K records spelled Mohd3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Japan, Nigeria

  Also written Moh'D, Môh'D

• Pashto given name10K records spelled Mohd7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan

  Languages: Pashto, Persian, Tajik

  Also written Moh'D, Moh’d, Mòhď

• Russian given name5.3K records spelled Mohd16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Мохд, Мох’д, Mokhd, Moh'D, Möhd

• a separate given name3.5K records spelled Mohd3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, United States, Tanzania

  Also written Moh'D, Môhď

46 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●

Mohd is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, abbreviated form of Muhammad

  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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Tani Yutakab. 1910JPnot in their usual nameJapanese spy (1910–1942)
• Mohd Ali Rustamb. 1949MYMalaysian politician
• Najib Razakb. 1953MYnot in their usual nameformer 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Mohd Hamzani Omarb. 1978MYMalaysian footballer
• Mohd Safee Mohd Salib. 1984MYMalaysian footballer
• Mohd Shahrazen Saidb. 1985BNBruneian footballer
• Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacobb. 1986MYMalaysian football referee
• Mohd Faiz Subrib. 1987MYMalaysian footballer
• Mohd Mamunul Islamb. 1988BDBangladeshi footballer
• Mohd Faisal Abdul Halimb. 1998MYMalaysian 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 · 84 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mohd?

We estimate roughly 1.3 thousand people bear Mohd (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Mohd have the most bearers?

Mohd is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled mohd.

How common is Mohd compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Mohd is the most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

Is Mohd a male or female name?

Mohd 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 Mohd mean?

Recorded meaning: Abbreviation of Mohammed.