Muhammad (name)
Muhammad is a common anglicized spelling of the Arabic given name, written in Arabic script as محمد (M-Ḥ-M-D, read from left to right).
Etymology
The name Muhammad is the transliteration of an Arabic name that comes from the Arabic passive participle from the Triconsonantal root of H-M-D ("praise"), meaning "the praised one". A strict tranliteration is Template:ArabDIN.
Other Arabic names bearing a resemblence include Mahmud, Ahmed, Hamid and al-Hamid, one of the 99 names of God meaning "The Blesser".
The name is also transliterated as Mohammad, Mohammed, Mohamed, Muhammed, Mahommed, Mehmed, Mehmet, Mahomet. In Latin, it is Mahometus . In Chinese, it is written as 穆罕默德(Mùhǎnmòdé). In Russia, while the name of Muhammad the Islamic prophet is typically spelled Мухаммад (Mukhammad), as a given name among the Muslims of Russia, the most common spelling is Магомед (Magomed).
"Muhammad" itself might not be the most common transliteration, but it is the most correct among the most used.
Meaning in Hebrew
As a Semitic language, Hebrew has many words derived from the root HMD חמד. Such words also occur in the Old Testament. In Son5:16, the translation given in AV as 'lovely'. Strong's Dictionary gives the following meanings under H2530: delightful; hence a delight, that is, object of affection or desire: - beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing). The root also occurs in Hag2:7, translated by AV as: "And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory."
History
A legend states that the first person named Muhammad was the Islamic prophet Muhammad (c. 570–632),[1] however, some Muslim sources contradicts this. The Encyclopaedia of Islam states:
The name "Muhammad" is reported to have occurred previously among the Arabs (e.g. Ibn Durayd, ed. Wustenfeld, 6 f.; Ibn Sa'd, i/1, 111 f.) and therefore need not be regarded as an epithet adopted later in life by the Prophet. It should be noted, however, that the brief section on such persons given by Ibn Sa'd has the heading, "Account of those who were named Muhammad in the days of the djahiliyya [q.v.] in the hope of being called to prophethood which had been predicted", which indicates the tendentious nature of some of these accounts. The fact that the sources say frequently that in his youth Muhammad was called Amin, a common Arab name meaning "faithful, trustworthy", suggests the possibility that this could have been his given name, a masculine form from the same root as his mother's name, Amina.but it is more probable that Amin was a nickname given to him by The residents of mecca as he was called Al-sadiq Al-amin meanning "the truthfull, the trustworthy" due to his reputation of impartiality. The name Muhammada for women occurs several times in the Syrian Book of the Himyarites.[2]
The view that Muhammad was originally called Amin is only to be found in European writings. The title Al-Amin (the trustworthy) was only used in consequence of his trustworthiness as illustrated by the story of the rebuilding of Haram before his prophethood. All traditions are unanimous about his name and need not be doubted for one misunderstood narrative about him being called Al-Amin.
Ibn Ishaq's "The Life of Muhammad" includes a particular person named Muhammad that was killed in c.570 CE, the Year of the Elephant, and who was related to the known events of that year.
During the prophets era, men like Muhammad ibn Maslama bore the same name.
It is stated that the name was "very rare" among Arabs of that era.[3]
The name became common among Muslims already during his generation of Muslim men, for example Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (631–658).
The name Muhammad four times in the Quran, the following verses: [Quran 3:144], [Quran 33:40], [Quran 47:2] and [Quran 48:29].[4]
The hadeeth "The best names are those which describe one as a slave of Allaah or which are derived from the name Muhammad" is not sahih according to many Islamic scholars[5]
It has been argued that the name is related to the word "Paraclete" that is to be found in the bible. The word is usually translated as Comforter, which is not that different from the praised one (someone good gets praise and causes comfort).
In February 7, 1965 in the USA, the man born as Cassius Clay became famous in USA as he pronounced Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.[6] He thus became arguably the most known Muhammad in USA, and also the one to introduce the name to many people there [citation needed].
In Bangladesh, the abbreviation Md is sometimes used. There are three Bangladeshi brothers who live close by in Canada, all with Mohammad as their first name and Huq as the last name. This caused a lot of quandary for their foreign wives in sorting out their respective husbands. A solution was worked out by designating the husbands as Mo1, Mo2, and Mo3.[7] Template:El
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A national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on Western Union to clarify its policy on racial and religious profiling after receiving a report that the money transfer service demands to know the national origin of any customer named "Muhammad."[8]
Statistics
| Template:ColumHeader | Year | Template:ColumHeader | Rank in USA | Template:ColumHeader | Rank in UK | Template:ColumHeader | Rank in Canada |
| 2004 | 681[9] | 54[9] | c. 92[10] |
| 2003 | 59[9] | ||
| 2002"/> | 61[9] | ||
| 2000 | 622[11] | ||
| 1999 | 701[12] | ||
| 1998 | 725[13] | ||
| 1997 | |||
| 1996 | 774[9] | ||
| 1995 | 778[9] | ||
| 1994 | 862[9] | ||
| 1993 | 883[9] | ||
| 1992 | 903[9] |
Muhammad is a very popular surname, ranking 4194 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.[9][10]
On Thursday , 11 May 2006, it was reported that statistics indicate that some 8928 Danish Muslims carry the name Muhammad and that in 2004 alone, more than 167 new-born babies were registered with the prophet's name.[14]
Muhammad is now the most common name (first and last) in the world.[15] It is estimated that more than 15 million people in the world bear the name Muhammad.[16]
List
First names
Prominent Muhammads include:
Patronymics
Patronymics are named inherited directly after ones father.
| Name | Lifespan | Description |
| 7th centuries | ||
| Fatimah bint Muhammad | (disputed)–632 | The Islamic prophets daughter |
| Qasim ibn Muhammad | ?–605 | The Islamic prophets son |
| Ibrahim ibn Muhammad | ?–? | The Islamic prophets son |
| Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm | ?–? | Scholar |
Surnames
Surnames are family names, usually shared by everyone in the family.
| Name | Lifespan | Description |
| 20th century | ||
| Muhammad, John Allen | Born John Allen Williams | |
| Muhammad, Idris | Born Leo Morris | |
| Muhammad, Ruby | ||
| Muhammad, Kenny | ||
| Muhammad, Clara | Born Clara Evans | |
| Muhammad, Elijah | Born Elijah Poole | |
| Muhammad, Muhsin | ||
| Muhammad, Ghulam | ||
Other
| Other entities named Muhammad: | ||
| Mohammedia, a port city located 15 miles northeast of Casablanca in western Morocco | ||
| Mohammad's Army (Jaish-e-Mohammad) is a guerrilla organization that has been operating in Iraq against U.S.-led occupying forces since at least mid 2003 | ||
| Jaish-e-Mohammed | ||
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See also
References
- ^ See Hadith of the prophecy of Muhamamd's name
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.balagh.net/english/ahl_bayt/the_message/06.htm
- ^ http://quranicteachings.co.uk/muhammad.htm
- ^ http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=72249&ln=eng
- ^ http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1965/february_7_1965_129443.html
- ^ http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/07/27/d50727020531.htm
- ^ http://www.cairnet.org/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=998&theType=NR
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j http://www.name-stats.com/search.php?subject=Muhammad&submit=Search
- ^ a b http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Muhammad
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