Mamed
From Hebrew and carried into Poland through Arabic use, it means "the praised one". Only about 114 men hold it, so most Poles have never met one.
Mamed Pronunciation
Mamed is pronounced MAH-met (/ˈmamɛt/).
What Mamed means
Where Mamed comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mamed brings a Hebrew origin dressed in an Arabic cultural setting. The English gloss is plain: the praised one. Someone worth praising, named for the act itself.
The idea of praise runs through Semitic naming. In Arabic the consonants h-m-d, meaning to praise, stand behind Muhammad and Ahmad, two of the most common names on earth. Mamed sits in that family of praise-names, though it keeps its own Hebrew root. A short name. It opens on m and closes on d.
Picture a class register in a Polish school, the teacher reaching a name most of the room has not seen before. Mamed is read out once, then it belongs there like any other child's. The one who answers to it answers to the praised one.
How many people are named Mamed
1 in 187247 men in Poland is named Mamed. 114 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3181 among male names.