Hamed
Fewer than 60 men in Poland carry Hamed, and no newborns receive it now: most Poles have never met one. Hebrew at root, meaning "one who praises," it's also at home across the Arabic-speaking world.
Hamed Pronunciation
Hamed is pronounced KHAH-met (/ˈxamɛt/).
What Hamed means
Where Hamed comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hamed reaches back to a Hebrew root before it settled into Arabic use. The Semitic root H-M-D carries the sense of praise, and the name delivers a plain meaning: praising, one who praises. In Polish that comes across as wychwalający, chwalący Boga.
The name lives most visibly in Arabic-speaking families, where it names a person defined by an act of praise. There are no diminutives and no variant spellings attached to it. What you see is the whole name.
One documented bearer makes the name easy to trace. Hamed Haddadi, born in Iran, became the first Iranian to play in the NBA when he debuted for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008. He stands 2.18 metres. Between 2008 and 2013 he appeared in 151 regular-season games.
A Polish teacher reading a class register might pause at Hamed before the roll settles. The spelling holds. Say the meaning back and it stays fixed: one who praises.
How many people are named Hamed
1 in 368038 men in Poland is named Hamed. 58 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4860 among male names.
Hamed as a middle name
Hamed is a first name for 58 men in Poland and a middle name for another 31, a 65/35 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1506th, between Gil (31) and Henricus (31).
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#1504 Fred31
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#1505 Gil31
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#1506 Hamed31
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#1507 Henricus31
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#1508 Innocenty31