as a Last Name
- 12,783
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Ahmad
Meaning & Origins
Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic personal name Aḥmad ‘the most praised’, elative adjective from ḥamid (see Hamid). This is an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad. In the Qur’an (6:16) Jesus foretells the arrival of Aḥmad (the Prophet Muhammad) in the words: ‘I have brought good news about a messenger who will come after me, whose name will be Aḥmad’.
| 2,834th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,783
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virginia
- has the most people named Ahmad per capita
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