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Ahmed - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ahmed

[ 2 syll. a-hmed, ah-m-ed ] The boy name Ahmed is pronounced AAMahD or AAMehD KEY. Ahmed is of Arabic origin, and it is used mainly in Arabic and Turkish. Ahmed is a variant of Ahmad (Arabic and German). Ahmed is also an Arabic and Turkish spelling variant of Ahmet (Turkish).

Ahmed is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1970s. At the height of its usage in 2000, 0.023% of baby boys were named Ahmed. Its ranking then was #491. In 2008, it ranked at #576 with a usage of 0.021%. Within the group of boy names directly related to Ahmed, Ahmad (Arabic and German) was the most frequently used. It was 3.902% more frequently used than Ahmed in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Ahmed include Achmed (Arabic and German), Achmet (German), Ahmaad (Arabic), Ahmad (Arabic and German), Ahmaud (Arabic), Ahmet (Turkish), Almond (English), Amédé (French), Amid (Arabic), Amit (Indian), Amjad (Arabic and Urdu), Amjed (Arabic), Amund (Scandinavian), Anand (Indian), Anant (Indian), Ananth (Indian), Andi (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish), Andie (English), Andy (English), and Ante (Slavic).

Details of famous persons named Ahmed:
Actor Ahmed Best, born 19 August 1973, New York, New York.
Author Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, born Salman Rushdie, 19 June 1947, Bombay, India.
Revolutionary Ahmed Orabi, born 1 April 1841 - 21 September 1911, Egypt.

KEY: English pronunciation for Ahmed: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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