# Muhammad (name)

Muhammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized: Muḥammad) is an Arabic given male name meaning 'praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), meaning 'to praise', which itself comes from the triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D. Other spellings of the name include Muhammed, Muhamad, Mohammad, Mohammed, Mahammad, Maxammed, Mehemmed, Mehemmet, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mehmet, Mamadou, and a variety of other ways. Believed to be the most popular name in the world, by July 2014 it was estimated to have been given to 150 million men and boys.
The name has been banned for newborn children in the Xinjiang region of China since 2017, as well as for the Ahmadi community in Pakistan.

## Lexicology

The name Muḥammad is the standard, primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, محمد, that comes from the Arabic passive participle of ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), praise, and further from triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D (praise); hence praised, or praiseworthy. However, its actual pronunciation differs colloquially, for example, in Egyptian Arabic: IPA:, while in exclusively religious contexts, talking about Islam: IPA:.
The name has one of the highest numbers of English spelling variants in the world. Other Arabic names from the same root include Mahmud, Ahmed, Hamed, Tahmid and Hamid.

## Transliterations

The name may be abbreviated to Md., Mohd., Muhd., Mhd., or simply M. because of its ubiquity. Its popularity has meant that it can become hard to distinguish people. In some cases, it may be to keep a personal name less tied to a religious context. This is only done if the person has a second given name. Some men who have Muhammad (or variant) as a first name choose not to use it, as it is such a common name. Instead, they use another given name. For example, Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Siad Barre, Zia-ul-Haq, Yusuf Khattak, Ayub Khan and Reza Pahlavi use their given name, second given name, or surname.

## Statistics

According to the sixth edition of The Columbia Encyclopedia (2000), Muhammad is probably the most common given name in the world, including variations. The Independent reported in 2014 that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name Muhammad, which would make it the most popular name in the world. Approximately 60% of people named Muhammad live in Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.
In 2024, the Office for National Statistics, which represents England and Wales collectively, reported that the name Muhammad was the most popular baby name for boys in that region in 2023.
Mohammed and Mohamed were the most popular baby name in Département Seine-Saint-Denis (2002, 2008) and in Marseilles (2007, 2009), France. Similarly, since 2008 it has been the most popular baby boy name in Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium's most Muslim-populated cities.
In May 2006, it was reported that statistics indicate that some 8,928 Danish Muslims carry the name Muhammad and that in 2004 alone, 167 new-born babies were registered.
In 2009, Muhammad, the most common spelling variant, was ranked 430th in the US. According to the Social Security Administration, Mohammad was ranked 589th, Mohammed 633rd, and Muhammad the 639th most popular first name for newborns in 2006. In the 1990 United States census, the Muhammad variant of the spelling was ranked 4,194 out of 88,799 for people of all ages.
In April 2017, the Chinese government prohibited parents from choosing the name Muhammad as the given name for a child. The list included more than two dozen names and was targeted at the 10 million Uighurs in the western region of Xinjiang.
If all variants of Muhammad are counted, there are 15,723 people in Finland named Muhammad, accounting for 0.7% of the Finnish male population. The most common spelling is Mohamed, accounting for 38% of the Muhammad name carriers.
In 2022, it was the 35th most popular name given to boys in Canada.

## Given name
### Mamadou

* Mamadou (mansa), ruler of the Mali Empire
* Mamadou Blaise Sangaré, Malian politician, president of the Social Democratic Convention
* Mamadou Boye Bah, Guinean economist and politician
* Mamadou Kamara Dékamo, Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat
* Mamadou Dembelé, Malian politician
* Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
* Mamadou Diop (politician), Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar
* Mamadou Koulibaly, Ivorian politician
* Mamadou Lamine Loum, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
* Mamadou Lamine Traoré, Malian politician
* Mamadou Maidah, Nigerien politician and diplomat
* Mamadou Ouédraogo, French Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso) politician
* Mamadou Samba Barry, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party
* Mamadou Seck (politician), Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal
* Mamadou Sylla (politician), Guinean judge and businessman
* Mamadou Tandja, Nigerien politician, former president
* Mamadou Alimou Diallo, Guinean footballer
* Mamadou Bagayoko, Malian footballer
* Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989), Ivorian footballer
* Mamadou Bah, Guinean footballer
* Mamadou Baldé, Senegalese footballer
* Mamadou Camara, French footballer
* Mamadou Danso, Gambian footballer

### Mochamad

* Mochamad Ridwan Kamil, Indonesian architect and politician
* Mochamad Basuki Hadimuljono, Indonesian bureaucrat

### Mochammad

* Mochammad Al Amin Syukur Fisabillah, Indonesian football player
* Mochammad Sanoesi, Indonesian police general

### Mohamad

* Mohamad Ashiek Salleh, Singaporean convicted killer
* Mohamad Aziz, Malaysian politician
* Mohamad Bazzi, Lebanese-American award-winning journalist
* Mohamad Jawad Chirri, American imam
* Mohamad Elzahabi, Lebanese militant
* Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese footballer
* Mohamad Nor Ismail, Malaysian footballer
* Mohamad Kasebi, Iranian actor
* Mohamad Jalal Kdouh (born 1997), Lebanese footballer
* Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi (born 1957), Iranian-born Canadian scholar, editor, author, professor
* Mohamad Zbida, Syrian footballer

### Mohamed

* Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947–2016), president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) from 1982 until his death in 2016
* Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (born 1962), President of Somalia from 2007 to 2022
* Mohamed Aboussalam (born 1996), Moroccan basketball player
* Mohamed Amine Amami (born 1983), Tunisian footballer
* Moustafa Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Amar (born 1966), Egyptian musician and actor
* Mohamed Amsif (born 1989), Moroccan footballer
* Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (1918–1981), Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981
* Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat (born 1955), Egyptian politician and nephew of former Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat
* Mohamed Abu Arisha (born 1997), Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Israeli national basketball team
* Mohamed Atta (1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist terrorist and ringleader of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks
* Mohamed Bahi (born 1983/1984), American-Algerian former Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community.
* Mohamed Bairouti (born 1976), Syrian footballer
* Mohamed ElBaradei (born 1942), Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency
* Mohamed Siad Barre (1919/1921?–1995), President of Somalia from 1969 to 1991
* Mohamed Choua, Moroccan basketball player
* Mohamed Diab (born 1978), Egyptian director and screenwriter
* Mohamed Diaby (born 1990), Ivorian footballer
* Mohamed Diaby (footballer, born 1996), French footballer
* Mohamed Diamé (born 1987), French-Senegalese footballer
* Mohamed Diarra (born 2001), college basketball player
* Mohamed Emam (born 1984), Egyptian Actor
* Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
* Mohamed Fadl, Egyptian footballer
* Mohamed Farah, British Somali runner
* Mohamed Fakhir, Moroccan footballer
* Mohamed al-Fayed (born 1929), Egyptian-born, British-based multi-millionaire
* Mohamed Fayez, Emirati footballer
* Mohamed Hamri, Moroccan painter
* Mohamed Harbi, Algerian historian
* Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan (born 1961), Egyptian musician
* Mohamed Henedi, Egyptian comedy actor
* Mohamed Ibrahim (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mohamed Kamal Fadel, Polisario Front diplomatic
* Mohamed Kouradji (1952–2020), Algerian football referee
* Mohamed Koussi (born 1994), Moroccan hurdler
* Mohamed Osman Jawari, acting President of Somalia and incumbent Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia
* Mohamed Osman Mohamud, Somali-born terrorist who nearly set off a bomb in Oregon
* Mohamed Mrsal, Libyan basketball player
* Mohamed Namiz, Sri Lankan cricketer
* Mohamed Niang, Senegalese basketball player
* Mohamed Nur, Mayor of Mogadishu
* Mohamed Ofkir (born 1996), Norwegian footballer
* Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
* Mohamed Salama Badi, Sahrawi ambassador to East Timor
* Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2008), Algerian footballer
* Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1994), Egyptian footballer
* Mohamed al-Shehhi, Emirati footballer
* Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
* Mohamed El-Tabii, Egyptian journalist
* Mohamed El Yaagoubi, Moroccan footballer
* Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born 1938), Emirati of Egyptian origin pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world
* Mohamed Youssef (basketball) (born 1986), Libyan basketball player
* Mohamed Zein Tahan, Lebanese footballer
* Mohamed Zidan (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
* Mohamed II of the Maldives, Sultan of the Maldives

### Mohammad

* Arif Mohammad Khan, Indian politician and current governor of Kerala
* Askia Mohammad Benkan, ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537
* Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442–1538), king of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
* Mohammad Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023
* Mohammad Ahsan, Indonesian badminton player
* Mohammad Amin Fatemi, Afghan physician
* Mohammad Asghar (1945–2020), Welsh politician
* Mohammad Ashraful (born 1984), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Mohammad Azharuddin, Former Indian cricket captain
* Mohammad Azizi, Iranian footballer
* Mohammad Bakri, Israeli Arab actor
* Mohammad Barghouti, Palestinian politician
* Mohammad Dawran, Afghan military personnel
* Mohammad Farid, Egyptian political figure
* Mohammad Hashim, Iraqi politician
* Mohammad Hatta, first Vice President of Indonesia
* Mohammad Hejazi, Iranian general
* Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas (1963–), Egyptian musician
* Mohammad Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), Iranian poet, writing in Persian and Azerbaijani
* Mohammad Hussain (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mohammad Ibrahim (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mohammad Jasmir Ansari, Indian politician
* Mohammad Kaif (1980–), Indian cricketer
* Mohammad Khadem, Iranian wrestler
* Mohammad Khatami (1943–), the President of Iran, 1997 to 2005
* Mohammad Mahseiri (died 2013), Jordanian politician
* Mohammad Mokri, Kurdish scholar
* Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister
* Mohammad Najibullah (1947–1996), President of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992. He was assassinated in 1996
* Mohammad Nami, Saudi footballer
* Mohammad Navazi, Iranian footballer
* Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricketer
* Mohammad Yousuf (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mohammad Oraz, Kurdish mountain climber
* Mohammad Panjali, Iranian footballer
* Mohammad Rafique (born 1970), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Iranian actor and film director
* Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi as the last Shah of Iran
* Mohammad Rona (born 1985), Afghan-born Danish politician
* Mohammad Sadli, Indonesian politician
* Mohammad Saleh (born 1946), second Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Indonesia for judicial affairs
* Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq (born 1957), Bangladeshi epigraphist
* Mohammad Sidique Khan (1974–2005), English suicide bomber in the 7/7 attacks
* Mohammad Taghi Bahar (1886–1951), Iranian poet, politician, mathematician, logician, journalist, essayist, and historian
* Mohammad Toaha, Bangladeshi politician
* Mohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989), Iranian statesman
* Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940?–2004), Iranian cleric and reformist politician
* Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistan Test cricketer
* Mohammad Abubakar Durrani, Pakistani canoeist and filmmaker
* Mohammad bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
* Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore.
* Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore.
* Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
* Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem
* Mohammad-Ali Angaji
* Mohammad Ali Araki
* Mohammad Ali Faiz Lahiji Gilani [fa]
* Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi
* Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
* Mohammad Ali Esmaeelpoor Ghomsheie
* Mohammad Ali Nekounam [fa]
* Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri
* Mohammad Ali Movahed Abtahi [fa]
* Ali Movahedi-Kermani
* Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei
* Mohammad-Ali Rahmani
* Mohammad Ali Rezaei [fa]
* Mohammad-Ali Shahidi
* Mohammad Ali Shomali
* Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
* Mohammad Amin Khorasani [fa]
* Mohammed Bahrami Khoshkar [fa]
* Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri
* Mohammad Baqir Ebadi [fa]
* Mohammad Bagher Kharazi
* Mohammad Baqir Mohammadi La’ini [fa]
* Mohammed Emami-Kashani
* Mohammad Faqih [fa]
* Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
* Mohammad Feyz Sarabi
* Mohammad Hadi Abdekhodai [fa]
* Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari
* Mohammad Haji Abu al-Qasem Doulabi [fa]
* Mohammad Hashemian [fa]
* Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
* Mohammad Hassan Ahmadi Faqih
* Mohammad Hassan Mar’ashi [fa]
* Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki
* Mohammad Hassan Rahimian
* Mohammad Hassan Zali [fa]
* Mohammad Hussayn Ahmadi Shahroudi [fa]
* Mohammad Beheshti
* Mohammad Hussayn Hussaynzadeh Bahraini [fa]
* Mohammad Hussayni Rouhani Qomi [fa]
* Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi
* Mohammad Hussayni Shahroudi [fa]
* Mohammad al-Shirazi
* Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani
* Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
* Mohammad Hussayn Zarandi [fa]
* Mohammad Ibadizadeh [fa]
* Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati
* Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani
* Mohammad Jafar Montazeri
* Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
* Mohammad Javad Pishvai
* Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi
* Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
* Mohammad Khamenei
* Mohammad Khatami
* Mohammad Mahdi Hussayni Hamedani [fa]
* Mohammad Mahdi Mir Baqeri [fa]
* Mohammad Mahdi Pourfatimi [fa]
* Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlishi [fa]
* Mohammad Mofatteh
* Mohammad Mohad [fa]
* Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
* Mohammad Momen
* Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
* Mohammad Mofti al-shia Mousavi
* Mohammad Naqi Shahrokhi Khorramabadi [fa]
* Nasser Biria
* Mohammad Qomi
* Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani
* Mohammad Rajaei Baghsiai [fa]
* Mohammad Reyshahri
* Mohammad Reza Abbasi Fard [fa]
* Mohammed Ridha al-Sistani
* Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi
* Mohammad Reza Baqeri Bonabi [fa]
* Mohammad Reza Faker [fa]
* Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
* Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
* Mohammad Reza Meghari Moruji [fa]
* Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini
* Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi
* Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi
* Mohammad Reza Nekoonam
* Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli
* Sadegh Khalkhali
* Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani
* Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh
* Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani
* Mohammad Sadoughi
* Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi
* Mohammad Safari Malikmian [fa]
* Mohammad Shahcheraghi
* Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani
* Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi
* Mohammad Taqi al-Khoei
* Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani
* Mohammad Taghi Falsafi
* Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari
* Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji
* Mohammad El Sabesito [fa]
* Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi
* Mohammed Taqi Morvarid
* Mohammad Taqi Naqd Ali [fa]
* Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi
* Mohammad Taqi Rahbar [fa]
* Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari
* Mohammad Taghi Vaezi
* Mohammad Vaez Mousavi
* Mohammad Yasrebi [fa]
* Mohammad Yazdi
* Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi

### Mohammed

* Mohammed Afroz, Indian juvenile rapist and murderer who was one of the culprits of the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder
* Mohammed Ahmed (businessperson), Ethiopian businessman
* Mohammed Ajeeb, British politician
* Mohammed Ammouri (died 2004), murder victim
* Mohammed Amer, Palestinian-American stand-up comedian
* Mohammed Anas, Ghanaian footballer
* Mohammed Al Aqib, Qatari footballer
* Mohammed Assaf (born 1990), Libyan-born Palestinian singer
* Mohammed Atef, Egyptian al-Qaeda chief
* Mohammed Awad (politician), Iraqi politician
* Mohammed Bouyeri, Moroccan-Dutch Islamic terrorist
* Mohammed El-Bakkar, Lebanese tenor
* Mohammed Dib (1920–2003), probably Algeria's most prolific and well-known writer
* Mohammed Emwazi, ISIL member
* Mohammed Dwedar, Palestinian runner
* Mohammed Fahim, Former Afghan vice-president
* Mohammed George, British actor
* Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (1939–2003), assassinated Iraqi Shia
* Mohammed Saeed Harib, United Arab Emirati animator
* Mohammed Hussain, Indian field hockey player
* Mohammed Ali bin Johari (1976–2008), Singaporean convicted murderer
* Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, Moroccan writer
* Mohammed Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti politician
* Mohammed Kumalia, Nigerian politician
* Mohammed bin Laden (1895?–1968), Yemeni immigrant to Saudi Arabia, and wealthy investor, businessman and patriarch of the bin Laden family
* Mohammed Makhlouf, Syrian businessman
* Mohammed Manga, Senegalese football player
* Mohammed Al-Marwani, Saudi Arabian basketball player
* Mohammed III of Morocco, former King of Morocco
* Mohammed IV of Morocco, former King of Morocco
* Mohammed V of Morocco, former King of Morocco
* Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–), King of Morocco from 1999
* Mohammed Mossadegh (1882–1967), Prime Minister of Iran from 1951–1953
* Mohammed Msaad (born 2004), Moroccan steeplechase runner
* Mohammed Said Nabulsi (1928–2013), Jordanian banker, economist and politician
* Mohammed Omar (1959–), Afghanistan's Talibani de facto Head of State from 1996–2001
* Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919–1980), the second and last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979
* Mohammed al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian held at Guantanamo Bay thought to be a 20th hijacker suspect
* Mohammed Rafi (1924–1980), Indian Bollywood playback singer
* Mohammed Al-Salhi, Saudi Arabian middle-distance runner
* Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur
* Mohammed Shahabuddin, President of Bangladesh since 2023
* Mohammed Nadir Shah (1880–1933), King of Afghanistan from 1929 until his assassination in 1933
* Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914–2007), the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
* Mohammed Racim, Algerian artist
* Mohammed Sheikh, English cricketer
* Mohammed Timoumi, Moroccan footballer
* Mohammed Haydar Zammar, German al-Qaeda recruiter
* Mohammed Irfan, Indian playback singer
* Mohammed Shami, Indian cricketer
* Mohammed Seisay, American football player
* Mohammed Abdur Rahiman, Indian politician
* Mohammed Naseeb Qureshy, Indian geologist
* Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom
* Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud, Saudi businessman
* Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan, Indian educationist and politician
* Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai
* Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer
* Major General Mohammed Amin Naik, a former Indian Army officer
* Mohammed Shahid, former Indian field-hockey player
* Mohammed Namadi Sambo, Vice President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015

### Muhamad

* Muhamad Ali Aman, Southeast Asian politician
* Muhamad Salih Dilan, Kurdish Poet
* Muhamad Radhi Mat Din, Malaysian football assistant coach
* Muhamad Khalid Jamlus, Malaysian footballer
* Muhamad Husain Kadir, Iraqi prisoner
* Muhamad Kanan, Israeli Arab politician
* Muhamad Aly Rifai, Arab American Internist and Psychiatrist
* Muhamad Hasik bin Sahar, Singaporean gang member and convicted killer serving life imprisonment in Singapore

### Muhamed

* Muhamed Alaim, Bosnian football goalkeeper
* Muhamed Bešić, Bosnian football midfielder
* Muhamed Haneef, Indian physician
* Muhamed Keita, Norwegian football striker
* Muhamed Zulić, Croatian politician

### Muhammad

* Muhammad (570–8 June 632) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and central figure of the world religion of Islam.
* Muhammad ibn Maslamah, (588 or 591–665) was an Arab knight and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was known as "The Knight of Allah's Prophet".
* Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya (637–700) was an Alid political and religious leader, and also the third son of caliph Ali
* Muhammad ibn Marwan was an Umayyad prince and general of the Caliphate in the period 690–710.
* Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan was an Umayyad prince, the son of Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705), who played important role in the politics of the Umayyad Caliphate.
* Muhammad ibn al-Walid was an Umayyad Prince and son of Caliph Al-Walid I who ruled from October 705 to 715.
* Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik an Umayyad Prince and son of seventh Umayyad Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik.
* Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik an Umayyad Prince and son of the ninth Umayyad Caliph Yazid II.
* Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad known by his regnal title al-Mahdi, was the third Abbasid Caliph and ruled from 6 October 775 to 24 July 785.
* Abu Muhammad Musa, was (died 786) was an Abbasid caliph, better known by his regnal name Al-Hadi.
* Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid known by his regnal title al-Amin, was the sixth Abbasid Caliph and ruled from 24 March 809 to 27 September 813.
* Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid known by his regnal title Al-Mu'tasim, was the eighth Abbasid Caliph and ruled from 9 August 833 to 5 January 842.
* Abu Isa Muhammad was a son of Harun al-Rashid and Irbah.
* Abu Yaqub Muhammad was a son of Harun al-Rashid
* Abu Sulayman Muhammad, was a son of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
* Abu Ali Muhammad, was a son of caliph Harun al-Rashid.
* Abu Ahmad Muhammad, was a son of caliph Harun al-Rashid.
* Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tasim was an Abbasid Prince and father of the twelfth Abbasid Caliph al-Musta'in who ruled from 8 June 862 to 17 October 866.
* Muhammad ibn Ja'far known by his regnal title Al-Muntasir, was the eleventh Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 11 December 861 – 7 June 862
* Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Mutawakkil known by his regnal title Al-Mu'tazz, was the thirteenth Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 866 to 13 July 869.
* Muhammad ibn Harun al-Wathiq, known by his regnal title Al-Muhtadi, was the fourteenth Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 869 to 21 June 870.
* Muhammad ibn Al-Muktafi was an Abbasid Prince and son of Caliph al-Muktafi.
* Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mu'tadid, known by his regnal title Al-Qahir, was the nineteenth Abbasid Caliph. He ruled from 932 to 934.
* Muhammad ibn al-Mustakfi was the tenth century Abbasid prince, son of the Abbasid caliph al-Mustakfi (r. 944–946).
* Muhammad ibn al-Qadir also known as al-Ghalib was the 11th-century Abbasid prince.
* Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, 11th century Abbasid prince and father of caliph Al-Muqtadi (r. 1075–1094).
* Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī aṭ-Ṭāʾī (1165–1240) Arab mystic, poet, and philosopher
* Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd (1126–1198) Arab philosopher
* Muhammad Aladdin an Egyptian leading novelist
* Muhammad Ma Jian, Chinese Muslim Confucian and Islamic scholar
* Muhammad Nur Aziz Wardana, Indonesian basketball player
* Muhammad Osamanmusa (born 1998), Thai futsal player
* Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael (born 1996), Indonesian racing driver
* Muhammad Amin Bughra Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic
* Muhammad Ali (1942–2016), American heavyweight boxing champion
* Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1931–), Malaysian philosopher
* Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (631–658), Son of Abu Bakr, raised by Ali
* Muhammad bin Nayef (1959–), Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad al-Baqir 676–743 Shī‘ah Imām
* Muhammad Baqir Majlisi a very powerful Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric, during the Safavid era.
* Muhammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963), Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953–1955
* Muhammad of Ghor (1162–1206), Persian conqueror and sultan between 1171 and 1206
* Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948), born into British India, helped found Pakistan, acting as its Governor-General
* Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988), ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988 under martial law
* Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), poet born into the British Raj, considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan
* Muhammad El-Amin (born 1987), American professional basketball player
* Muhammad al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya (?–1350), Sunni Islamic scholar
* Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, Pakistani al-Qaeda operative
* Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (~780–~850) Persian mathematician
* Sultan Muhammad of Khwarezmia (?–1220), last ruler of Khwarezmia
* Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–?), Last Twelver Shī‘ah Imām
* Muhammad ibn Maslama (589–666)
* Muhammad Ibn Qasim (al-Alawi), Arab fugitive
* Muhammad Mumith Ahmed (born 1984), British-Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and producer
* Muhammad Naguib (1901–1984), first President of Egypt, in 1953
* Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769–1849), viceroy of Egypt, sometimes considered the founder of modern Egypt
* Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1947–), Muslim scholar, professor, poet and politician
* Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1953–), former world boxing champion
* Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925), Alchemist, physician, and philosopher
* Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic from Balkh, now in Afghanistan
* Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian military general and a statesman
* Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1990–1999, 2013–2017
* Muhammad ibn Talha, son of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah
* Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835), Twelver Shī‘ah Imām
* Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882–946), autonomous ruler of Egypt 935–946, founder of the Ikhshidid dynasty
* Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929–2022), President of Pakistan 1998–2001
* Muhammad al Warraq (800?–?), 9th Century skeptical scholar and critic of Islam
* Muhammad Yunus (1940–), Nobel Laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank
* Muhammad ibn Zayd (died 900), emir of Tabaristan
* Muhammad Muhammad Taib, Malaysian politician
* Muhammad V of Kelantan, 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan of Kelantan
* Muhammad Subhan Qureshi (born 1959), biologist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
* Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah (1717-1795), Indian Nawab of the Carnatic
* Muhammad Ali Khan Saif, Pakistani politician
* Muhammad Ali Khan Bhutto, Pakistani politician
* Muhammad Sultan Mirza, grandson and sometime-heir of the Central Asian conqueror Timur
* Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, fifth Sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
* Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, sixth Sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
* Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad bin Saad Al Saud, former Deputy Governor of Riyadh Province and a member of Saudi Royal Family
* Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the first Saudi State
* Muhammad bin Suleyman, 16th century Azerbaijani poet
* Muhammad I of Córdoba, fifth Emir of Córdoba
* Muhammad II of Córdoba, fourth Caliph of Cordoba, of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia)
* Muhammad III of Córdoba, tenth Caliph of Córdoba, of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia)
* Muhammad I of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammad II of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammad III of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammad IV of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammad XII of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammad I of Khwarazm, former Shah of Khwarazm
* Muhammad II of Khwarezm, former Shah of Khwarazm
* Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, an Abbasid Prince and father of twenty-seventh Abbasid caliph Al-Muqtadi.
* Muhammad II of Ifriqiya, eight Emir of the Aghlabids
* Muhammad Abdullahil Baqi (1886-1952), Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician
* Muhammad Kho Abdullah, Muslim name of Kho Jabing (1984–2016), a convicted Malaysian killer who was sentenced to death by hanging in Singapore.
* Muhammad Syamsul Ariffin bin Brahim (born 30 May 1983), Singaporean gang member of Salakau and fugitive on the run for murder since 31 May 2001.
* Muhammad Omar Ali (1919–2012), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and translator
* Muhammad Kadar (1975-2015), Singaporean convicted murderer
* Muhammad Iskandar bin Sa'at, Singaporean criminal

### Muhammadu

* Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian politician who served as military dictator from 1983 to 1985, and democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.

### Muhammed

* Muhammed al-Ahari, American essayist
* Muhammed Amin Andrabi, Indian academic
* Muhammed Demirel (born 2002), Turkish judoka
* Muhammad Jafar Moravej
* Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari
* Muhammed Yusuf Khan, Indian military leader
* Muhammed Latif, Iraqi major general
* Muhammed Lawal, American professional wrestler and retired mixed martial arts fighter
* Muhammed Mansooruddin, Bengali author
* Muhammed Suiçmez (1975–), German musician
* Muhammed Taib, Saudi Arabian lawyer
* Muhammed Tokcan, Turkish hijacker of the Avrasya in 1996
* Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish philosopher and theologian
* Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, member of the Saudi Royal Family
* Muhammed V of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammed VI of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammed VII of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammed VIII of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammed IX of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammed X of Granada, former Sultan of Granada
* Muhammed ibn Umail al-Tamimi (900-960) Arab Alchemist
* Muhammed Yıldırmış (born 2004), Turkish recurve archer

### Muhammet

* Muhammet Akagündüz, Austrian footballer
* Muhammet Demir, Turkish footballer
* Muhammet Hanifi Yoldaş, Turkish footballer
* Muhammet Özdin, Turkish footballer

### Moegamat

* Moegamat Yusuf Maart, a South African soccer player

## Surname
### Mahomed

* Dean Mahomed (1759–1851), British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, and entrepreneur

### Mohamad

* Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925), Malaysian politician; Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003; 2018–2020)

### Mohamed

* Abdulrahman Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
* Ahmed Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
* Amin Mohammed (born 1996), known online as Chunkz, British YouTube personality
* Amina Mohamed, Somali lawyer, diplomat and politician
* Antonio Mohamed, Argentine football coach
* Binyam Mohamed, Ethiopian detained in Guantanamo Bay between 2004 and 2009
* Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed (1907–1962), Malay activist
* Hassan Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
* Ismail Mohamed (born 1980), Maldivian footballer
* Kassim Mohamed, Kenyan Canadian
* Magid Mohamed (born 1985), Qatari footballer
* Mandy Mohamed (born 2000), Dutch-Egyptian artistic gymnast
* Mike Mohamed, American football player
* Mohamed Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
* Mohd Mohamed, Qatari basketball player
* Mostafa Mohamed (disambiguation), various people
* Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981), Somali-British novelist
* Nazar Mohamed Kassim, Singaporean convicted killer
* Shakeel Mohamed, Mauritanian politician

### Mohammad

* Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad, Palestinian member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

### Mohammed

* Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general who served as military dictator from 1975 to 1976.
* Amina J. Mohammed, 5th and current Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
* Bala Mohammed, Nigerian politician and Governor of Bauchi State
* Boonaa Mohammed, Canadian spoken-word poet
* Fazeer Mohammed, Trinidadian cricket commentator
* Ferdoos Mohammed, Egyptian actress
* Ghulam Mohammed, Indian politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* Jawar Mohammed, Ethiopian political analyst and activist
* Kausar Mohammed, American actress and comedian
* Khaled Mohammed, Qatari football player
* Khaleel Mohammed, Guyanese-American academic
* Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Pakistani Islamist militant
* Lai Mohammed, Nigerian politician and Minister of Information and Culture
* Mesud Mohammed, Ethiopian professional footballer
* Mohammed Taher Mohammed, Iraqi weightlifter
* Musa Mohammed (footballer) (born 1991), Kenyan football player
* Nazr Mohammed, American retired basketball player
* Nick Mohammed, British actor, comedian, and writer.
* Nick Mohammed (wrestler), Canadian wrestler
* Rajaa Mohammed, Kuwaiti actress
* Ramzi Mohammed, Somali national convicted of involvement in the attempted London bombing of 21 July 2005
* Shaffaq Mohammed, British politician and Member of the European Parliament
* Sohail Mohammed, American judge
* Syed Mohammed, Indian cricketer
* Terique Mohammed, Canadian soccer player
* Wasiru Mohammed, Ghanaian professional boxer
* Zehn Mohammed, English football player

### Muhammad

* Al-Quadin Muhammad (born 1995), American football player
* Asia Muhammad (born 1991), American tennis player
* Clara Muhammad, born Clara Evans, wife of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad
* Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975), born Elijah Poole, African American religious leader
* Idris Muhammad, born Leo Morris, American musician
* John Allen Muhammad (born John Allen Williams; 1960–2009), American serial/spree killer and one of the two D.C. Snipers
* Khalfani Muhammad (born 1994), American football player
* Kiara Muhammad (born 1998), American actress
* Muhsin Muhammad, American football player
* Rasheed Muhammad, Pakistani tissue seller and murderer
* Ruby Muhammad, American centenarian
* Shabazz Muhammad (born 1993), American basketball player
* Umar Muhammad (born 1975), American football player
* Belal Muhammad, American-born Palestinian mixed martial artist

## Patronymics
### ibn

* Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (?–737), scholar
* Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630–632), the Islamic prophet's son
* Qasim ibn Muhammad (598–600), the Islamic prophet's son
* Abdullah ibn Muhammad (600–614), the Islamic prophet's son
* Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad (1332-1406) Arab historiographer and historian
* Marwan ibn Muhammad
* Abdallah ibn Muhammad better known as Al-Saffah (r. 750–754) was the first Abbasid caliph and founder of Abbasid Caliphal dynasty.
* Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad better known as Al-Mansur was the second Abbasid caliph from 754 to 775.
* Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi also known as Ibrahim ibn Muhammad was the Abbasid princess, singer and composer.
* Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi, also known as Ubaydallah ibn Muhammad was the Abbasid princess and officer.
* Ali ibn al-Mahdi, also known as Ali ibn Muhammad. was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi and his wife Rayta.
* Musa al-Hadi also known as Musa ibn Muhammad was the fourth Abbasid caliph from 785 to 786.
* Harun al-Rashid also known as Harun ibn Muhammad was the fifth Abbasid caliph from 786 to 809.
* Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi.
* Isa ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi, was the youngest brother of Harun al-Rashid.
* Musa ibn Muhammad al-Amin, was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Amin.
* Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Amin was the second son of caliph Al-Amin.
* Al-Wathiq (812–847), also known as Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim was the Abbasid caliph from 842 to 847.
* Al-Mutawakkil (822–861) also known as Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim was the tenth Abbasid caliph from 847 to 861.
* Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim was the Abbasid prince and father of Al-Musta'in
* Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, was an Abbasid princess and the patron of Art and science.
* Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim
* Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mu'tasim, one of the youngest sons of caliph al-Mu'tasim.
* Abdallah ibn Muhammad better known as Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz or simply as Ibn al-Muʿtazz was an Arab prince and poet.
* Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Muhtadi, was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Muhtadi.
* Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im, better known as Al-Muqtadi was the caliph of Baghdad during later Abbasid period.

### bint

* Fatimah bint Muhammad (605–632 disputed), the Islamic prophet's daughter
* Zainab bint Muhammad, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis)
* Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis)
* Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, the Islamic prophet's daughter (according to most Sunnis)
* Fatimah bint Muhammad was the wife of Arab caliph Al-Mansur.
* Abbasa bint al-Mahdi also known Abbasa bint Muhammad was the Abbasid princess.
* Ulayya bint al-Mahdi also known as Ulayya bint Muhammad was an Abbasid princess and Arab poet.
* Banuqa bint al-Mahdi also known as Banuqa bint Muhammad was elder sister of caliph Harun ar-Rashid.
* Aliyah bint al-Mahdi, also known as Aliyah bint Muhammad was an Abbasid princess.

## Teknonymy

* Hasan ibn Ali also known as Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Ali, was the son of Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib, and caliph in 661.
* Al-Hadi, also known as Abu Muhammad Musa al-Hadi, was the 4th Abbasid caliph.
* Al-Muktafi also known as Abu Muhammad Ali, was the 17th Abbasid caliph from 902 – 13 August 908.
* Al-Mustadi also known as Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Yusuf al-Mustanjid was the Caliph in Baghdad from 1170 to 1180.

## Fictional

* Mohammed Avdol, an Egyptian supporting character from the Japanese manga and anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
* Mohammed, a minor character in Grand Theft Auto IV. He is a cab driver for Roman Bellic's taxi business.

## Derived names
### Umm Muhammad

* Umm Muhammad bint Salih, was the wife of Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
* Hubshiya also known as Umm Muhammad was the mother of Abbasid caliph Al-Muntasir
* Qurb, also known as Umm Muhammad was the mother of al-Muhtadi.
* Ashin, also known as Umm Muhammad was the mother of 12th-century caliph of Baghdad al-Muqtafi.

### Famous derived names

* Muhammad Ali
* Mohammad-Reza
* Mohammad Taqi (disambiguation), multiple people

## Legality and restrictions
### China

In 2017 legislation made it illegal in China to give children names that the Chinese government deemed to "exaggerate religious fervor”. This prohibition included a ban on naming children Muhammad. The legislation was officially intended to prevent "religious extremism" among the country's Uighur minority, but may have been an act of persecution against the Uighur community.

### Pakistan

The government of Pakistan forbids members of its Ahmadi community from naming their children Muhammad. Al Jazeera reported in 2021 that blasphemy charges had been filed against Ahmadis who wrote "Mohammed" on a wedding invitation in an unspecified amount of instances.