MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mohamad mean?
Mohamad is an alternate romanization of Arabic Muhammad and is also used in Malay and Indonesian naming. The Arabic name is a passive form associated with praising, yielding praised or praiseworthy.
The different vowel spelling does not introduce a separate root. Its religious history is inherited from the Muhammad name tradition.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.
Wiktionary: Mohamad (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Mohamad
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Mohammad Ali Dimaporo
Philippine politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Mohammad Ali Dimaporo
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mohamad in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Mohamad
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Muhammad♂Praised or worthy of praise
- Ahmad♂More praiseworthy or most praiseworthy
- Samad·Arabic name: eternal
- Acmad·Maranao Akmad variant, from Arabic Ahmad
- Akmad·Maguindanao and Tausug Ahmad form; most praiseworthy
- Moira♀English form of Irish Máire
- Mona♀Irish noble-name form; also short for Monica
- Monica♀Name of Saint Augustine’s mother
What rhymes with Mohamad?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Mohamad
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q20000198 — Mohamad (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Mohammad Ali Dimaporo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q20000198 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mohamad (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Mohamad (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: mohamad (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Muhammad (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Muhammad (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.