Mohamad
An Arabic name meaning "praiseworthy, commendable". Only about 330 men in Poland carry it and almost no boys receive it now, so meeting one stays memorable.
Mohamad Pronunciation
Mohamad is pronounced mo-KHAH-maht (/mɔˈxamat/).
What Mohamad means
Where Mohamad comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mohamad belongs to a wide Arabic family of names built from the root ḥ-m-d, which turns on the idea of praise. Its short meaning is praiseworthy, commendable. Cousins from the same root include Ahmad, Hamid, and Mahmud, each formed by a different grammatical pattern laid over those same three consonants.
Mohamad is one spelling among several, since Arabic leaves out the short vowels that a Polish reader would want to supply. In Poland the name reads as plainly Arabic, and it tends to arrive with families whose roots lie in the Arab world. A teacher reading the class register might meet it beside Jan and Zofia.
The praiseworthy sense is real here. The root means to praise, so the name and its meaning line up. Mohamad says commendable, plainly.
How many people are named Mohamad
1 in 63530 men in Poland is named Mohamad. 336 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1644 among male names.
Mohamad's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Mohamad as a middle name
Mohamad is a first name for 336 men in Poland and a middle name for another 35, a 91/9 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1389th, between Martinus (35) and Rajan (35).
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#1387 Mahesh35
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#1388 Martinus35
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#1389 Mohamad35
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#1390 Rajan35
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#1391 Ramiro35