Mohammed
Arabic origin 10 writing systems 1 approximations
- Ḥamīd/ḥ-m-d (root)Proto-Arabic/Arabic root
- Muhammad (محمد)Classical Arabic
- MohammedModern English spelling variant
Arabic name Muhammad (محمد), passed into English via various transliterations from Arabic and Ottoman Turkish; the modern English spellings (Mohammed, Muhammad, Mohamed, etc.) reflect those borrowings.
From the Arabic root ḥ-m-d meaning "to praise"; Muhammad means "praised" or "praiseworthy".