Magomed
In the North Caucasus, Magomed is the local form of Muhammad, so common in Chechnya and Dagestan that a village holds many at once. In Poland it barely registers: most Poles will never meet one, and it turns up mainly in families with Caucasus roots. The Arabic root means praiseworthy.
Magomed Pronunciation
Magomed is pronounced mah-GO-met (/maˈgɔmɛt/).
What Magomed means
Where Magomed comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Magomed is the form the name Muhammad takes across the North Caucasus. In Chechnya and Dagestan it ranks among the most common men's names, so ordinary that families often tell sons apart by a second name. The root is Arabic, the three consonants ḥ-m-d, which mean to praise. From them Arabic built Muhammad, "the praiseworthy one," and Magomed keeps the same sense: chwalony, godny pochwały.
The vowels shifted as the name traveled north. Arabic Muḥammad became Magomed in Russian transcription, the spelling that ended up on Soviet-era documents and on passports still. Its origin is filed under "other" rather than straight Arabic, because the path ran through Caucasian languages before the name reached any Polish register.
In Poland it appears mostly among families with roots in the Caucasus, many of them Chechen. A teacher reading a class register might find one Magomed among the Jakubs and Piotrs. The meaning stays fixed to its root. Praiseworthy.
How many people are named Magomed
1 in 77062 men in Poland is named Magomed. 277 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1829 among male names.
Magomed's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Magomed as a middle name
Magomed is a first name for 277 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3612th, between Maged (8) and Mahir (8).
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#3610 Madhav8
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#3611 Maged8
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#3612 Magomed8
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#3613 Mahir8
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#3614 Maksymilan8