Mohammed
Arabic in root, carrying the sense "praiseworthy". Just over a thousand men in Poland go by it, so few that most Poles have never met one.
Mohammed Pronunciation
Mohammed is pronounced mo-KHAHM-met (/mɔˈxammɛt/).
What Mohammed means
Where Mohammed comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mohammed traces back to the Arabic Muhammad, formed on the three-consonant root ḥ-m-d, which means "to praise." A passive form of that root yields "praiseworthy," in Polish wychwalany, sławiony. The name describes a person marked out for praise.
Its most famous bearer was born in Mecca around 570 and founded Islam. Across its many spellings, Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammad and this one, the name ranks among the most common given to boys anywhere on earth. Records in England now list it near the top for newborns.
In Poland, Mohammed appears on a school register or an official form at the urząd, a marker of families with roots in the Arab world. It stays foreign to Polish spelling. Short and open, it keeps the meaning it began with: praiseworthy.
How many people are named Mohammed
1 in 19512 men in Poland is named Mohammed. 1,094 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #921 among male names.
Mohammed's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1737 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024. Still the #921 name among living men, even as it slips to #1737 among newborns.
Mohammed as a middle name
Mohammed is a first name for 1,094 men in Poland and a middle name for another 298, a 79/21 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 410th, between Jorge (298) and Ronald (294).
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408
299Gregory
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409
298Jorge
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410298Mohammed
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411
294Ronald
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412
291Chrystian