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Ahmad () is an male common in most parts of the . Other spellings of the name include Ahmed. It is also used as a surname.

Etymology
The word derives from the root ح م د (ḥ-m-d), from the أَحْمَدَ (), from the verb حَمِدَ ( ḥameda, "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle يَحْمَدُ ().

Lexicology
As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about . It also shares the same roots as , Muhammad, , and Hamad. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world.Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East: Asma Afsaruddin, A. H. Mathias Zahniser – 1997 p 389

Some traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of at birth by his mother, considered by to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understanding his nature.

(2014). 9781610691789, ABC-CLIO. .
"Muhammad: Prophet of Islam", Encyclopædia Britannica, 28 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009. Over the centuries, some Islamic scholars have suggested the name's parallel is in the word 'Paraclete' from the Biblical text,Al-Masāq: studia arabo-islamica mediterranea: Volumes 9 à 10; Volume 9 University of Leeds. Dept. of Modern Arabic Studies, Taylor & Francis – 1997 "Many Muslim writers, including Ibn Hazm, al-Taban, al-Qurtubi, and Ibn Taymiyya, have identified the Paraclete with Muhammad. Probably the first to do so was his biographer Ibn Ishaq in the mid eighth century.""Isa", Encyclopedia of IslamWatt (1991) pp. 33–34 although this view is not universal considering translations, meanings and etymology.Glasse, p. 151.A. Guthrie and E. F. F. Bishop, p. 253–254.

Traditional Islamic sources, such as , , and others contain in which Muhammad personally refers to himself as Ahmad.

Christian orientalists such as W. Montgomery Watt, however, claim that the use of Ahmad as a proper name for "Muhammad" did not exist until well into the second Islamic century, previously being used only in an adjectival sense. Watt concludes that the development of the term being used as a name in reference to Muhammad came later in the context of Christian-Muslim polemics, particularly with Muslim attempts to equate Muhammad with the Biblical 'Paraclete', owing to a prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quranic verse 61:6.W. Montgomery Watt (1953) ‘HIS NAME IS AHMAD’ The Muslim World, 43 (2):110–117

Interpretations and meanings of Ahmad
Development
Regarding 's biography of Muhammad, the Sirat Rasul Allah, Islamic scholar wrote:

Ahmad passage
Here are two translations of the passage in question in :

The verse in the Quran attributes a name or designation, describing or identifying who would follow Jesus. In his Farewell Discourse to his disciples, Jesus promised that he would "send the " to them after his departure, in stating: "whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth... shall bear witness of me." states "even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you." John by Andreas J. Köstenberger 2004 , page 442. The Gospel of John: Question by Question by Judith Schubert 2009 , pages 112–127.

Regarding verse 61: 6 in the Quran:

Contrary to the above claim that Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham did not mention Ahmad and the respective passage, there is Ibn Ishaq's work with the title Kitab al-Maghazi and Ibn Hisham who mention and connect the words Mohammad & Ahmad with the . Additionally it has been documented that there was an attempt to connect the respective quranic verse with the Paraclete even earlier then Ibn Ishaq. Moreover, a later interpolation of this passage to the Quran, just to serve as an ex eventu prove for the early Muslim scholars, has also been refuted in modern Islamic Studies. This is supported by the fact that the earliest as well as the later manuscripts of the Quran contain the exact passage and wording in Surah 61.

Scholarship regarding the Greek translation
"Early translators knew nothing about the surmised reading of periklutos for parakletos, and its possible rendering as Ahmad …. Periklutos does not come into the picture as far as Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham are concerned. The deception is not theirs. The opportunity to introduce Ahmad was not accepted – though it is highly improbable that they were aware of it being a possible rendering of Periklutos. It would have clinched the argument to have followed the Johannine references with a Quranic quotation."

"Furthermore the Peshitta, Old Syriac, and Philoxenian versions all write the name of John in the form Yuhanan, not in the Greek form Yuhannis.. Accordingly to find a text of the Gospels from which Ibn Ishaq could have drawn his quotation we must look for a version which differs from all others in displaying these characteristics. Such a text is the Palestinian Syriac Lectionary of the Gospels which will conclusively prove that the Arabic writer had a Syriac text before him which he, or his informant, skillfully manipulated to provide the reading we have in the Sira.".A. Guillaume. The Version of the Gospels Used in Medina Circa 700 A.D. Al-Andalus, 15 (1950) pp. 289–296.Guillaume`s note: Evangeliarum Hierosolymitanum ed. Count F.M. Erizzo, Verona, 1861, p. 347, and The Palestinian Syriac Lectionary of the Gospels re-edited from two Sinai MSS and from P. de Lagarde`s edition of the Evangeliarum Hierosolymitanum by Agnes Smith Lewis and Magaret Dunlop Gibson, London, 1899, p. 187.

"Muslim children are never called Ahmad before the year 123AH. But there are many instances prior to this date of boys called 'Muhammad.' Very rarely is the name 'Ahmad' met with in pre-Islamic time of ignorance (Jahiliya), though the name Muhammad was in common use. Later traditions that the prophet's name was Ahmad show that this had not always been obvious, though commentators assume it after about 22 (AH)."W. M. Watt who researched the name "Ahmad", as quoted by G. Parrinder, Jesus in the Koran, Sheldon Press, pp. 98–99.

"It has been concluded that the word Ahmad in Quran as-Saff 61:6 is to be taken not as a proper name but as an adjective... and that it was understood as a proper name only after Muhammad had been identified with the Paraclete."J. Schacht, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol I, 1960, p. 267.

"Note that by the middle of the 2nd century AH, Muslims already identified Muhammad with the Greek word "Paracletos" (Counsellor / Advocate) or the Aramaic translation "Menahhemana."New Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol I, 1960.

Alleged historical document regarding the topic
Text of the correspondence between `Umar II and Leo III:

"We recognize Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as the authors of the Gospel, and yet I know that this truth, recognized by us Christians wounds you, so that you seek to find accomplices for your lie. In brief, you admit that we say that it was written by God, and brought down from the heavens, as you pretend for your Furqan, although we know that it was `Umar, and Salman the Persian, who composed that, even though the rumor has got round among you that God sent it down from heavens.... God has chosen the way of sending the Prophets, and it is for this reason that the Lord, having finished all those things that He had decided on beforehand, and having fore-announced His incarnation by way of His prophets, yet knowing that men still had need of assistance from God, promised to send the Holy Spirit, under the name of Paraclete, (Consoler), to console them in the distress and sorrow they felt at the departure of their Lord and Master. I reiterate, that it was for this cause alone that Jesus called the Holy Spirit the Paraclete, since He sought to console His disciples for His departure, and recall to them all that He had said, all that He had done before their eyes, all that they were called to propagate throughout the world by their witness. Paraclete thus signifies "consoler", while Muhammad means "to give thanks", or "to give grace", a meaning which has no connection whatever with the word Paraclete."Arthur Jeffery. Ghevond`s Text of the Correspondence Between `Umar II and Leo III. Harvard Theological Review. XXXVII (1944), 269–332. Pp. 292–293.

However the authenticity of the correspondence has been put into question by scholars.Bart D. Ehrman Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics, Oxford University Press, USA (2012) 978-0199928033

Transliterations
Ahmad is the most common transliteration. It is used commonly all over the , although primarily in the . More recently, this transliteration has become increasingly popular in the due to use by members of the African American community.

Ahmed is the most common variant transliteration, used especially in the context of the Ottoman Empire. This transliteration is also used throughout the .

Ahmet is the modern transliteration. Modern Turkish uses a Latin-based alphabet, and most Arabic-derived names have standardized Turkish spellings.

The less common transliterations of Ahmad are used by Muslims outside the Middle East proper, such as in Indonesia and Russia. For and , the name is Әхмәт (Äxmät / Əxmət).

(2025). 9785295036699, Башҡортостан «Китап» нәшриәте. .

Achmat is the fairly standard transliteration used by South Africa's Muslim community, and its pronunciation shows evidence of the influence of Afrikaans: the which represents ح ħ is pronounced as an Afrikaans x (i.e. closer to the Arabic خ); and the د d is realised as a t (closer to the Arabic ت) which follows Afrikaans Final-obstruent devoicing principles.

People with the given name
Ahmad
  • Ahmad ibn Hanbal, (780–855) was an Arab Muslim jurist, theologian, ascetic, hadith traditionist, and founder of the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence.
  • Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Ali al-Hashimi, was an Abbasid provincial governor who was active in the late eighth century.
  • Ahmad ibn al-Mu'tasim, was an and son of Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim. He was also patron of Science, philosophy and Art.
  • Ahmad ibn Muhammad, (died 866) better known as Al-Musta'in was the twelfth (r. 862–866).
  • Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the
  • Ahmad Khan Yousafzai, founder of Pakhtunkhwa
  • Ahmad Shah Bahadur,
  • Sheikh Ahmad, Siamese official of Persian ancestry
  • Ahmad (rapper), West Coast hip hop performer
  • , Saudi Arabian footballer
  • , Egyptian film director
  • , Egyptian footballer
  • , Iranian physician
  • , Palestinian convicted of participating in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
  • Ahmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974), Egyptian army officer
  • , Khan of eastern
  • , Egyptian historian and writer
  • Ahmad A'zam, Uzbek writer
  • Ahmed Ibrahim Artan, Somali diplomat, author and politician
  • Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, The Somali Imam of who conquered Abyssinia
  • , Iranian politician
  • Ahmad Balshe, Palestinian-Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer known professionally as Belly
  • , Egyptian former football player
  • Ahmad bey Javanshir, Azerbaijani historian
  • , American football safety for the Florida Gators
  • , American former football running back for the Indianapolis Colts
  • , American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
  • Ahmad Bunnag of Siam
  • , Indonesian footballer
  • , American football free agent
  • , Indonesian Islamic revivalist
  • , Indonesian musician
  • , Jordanian politician
  • (1922–2012) Iranian painter
  • , financial officer of 's
  • , Indonesian writer
  • Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner (born 2000), American football player
  • (born 1995), American football player
  • , Kurdish poet
  • , American football player
  • , American football defensive back for the Alabama Vipers
  • (born 1994), Lebanese footballer
  • Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Founder of the school of Muslim jurisprudence
  • Ahmad ibn Fadlan, ambassador to the
  • Ahmad ibn Tulun, founder of the
  • Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov, "Honored teacher" of Azerbaijan
  • (born 1992), Lebanese footballer
  • , American jazz pianist
  • (1892–1937), Azerbaijani poet
  • Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer and politician
  • (1944–2020), Lebanese politician
  • , Iranian linguists and historian
  • , first of origin
  • Ahmad Maher (disambiguation), various people
  • , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
  • Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum
  • Ahmed Mohamed Kismayo, Somali Journalist (1964–2017)
  • , former defensive tackle for the National Football League
  • Ahmad Mirfendereski (1918–2004), Iranian diplomat
  • , American football free agent
  • Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer
  • (1943–2004), Bruneian diplomat
  • (1919–2004), Iranian bureaucrat and mayor of Tehran (1961–1963)
  • (born 1958) Iranian photojournalist, photographer
  • , American basketball player
  • Ahmad ibn Rustah, Persian chronicler born in Isfahan, Persia
  • , American sportscaster and former football player
  • Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah (born 1952), Kuwaiti royal and politician
  • Ahmad Sa'adat, Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
  • , Saudi Arabian football player
  • Ahmad Said (politician), Malaysian politician
  • (born 1970), Lebanese footballer
  • (1086–1157), ruler of the
  • Ahmad Ali Sepehr, Iranian historian and politician
  • Ahmad Shah Massoud, military leader Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan
  • Ahmad Shah Qajar, Last of the Shah Massoud, military leader Deputy Justice on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan
  • , Persian poet and writer
  • , first Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
  • , Persian author
  • Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif, Indonesian intellectual
  • , 27th Sultan of
  • (born 1984), Lebanese footballer
  • (died 1284), leader of the Mongol Ilkhanate
  • Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
  • Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar
  • (born 1994), American football player
  • , American football cornerback for the California Redwoods
  • , Indonesian Army general
  • , Shadhili Sufi Sheikh
  • , Malaysian politician; Menteri Besar of Kelantan
  • Ahmad Najib Aris, Malaysian convicted rapist and killer who was hanged for the rape and murder of Canny Ong
  • , President of the Senate of Nigeria

Ahmed
  • , of the
  • , sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  • , sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  • Ahmed Abdel Wahab Pasha (1889–1938), Egyptian economist
  • , urban and regional planner and Palestinian-American powerlifter
  • , Egyptian American actor and comedian
  • , Omani football referee
  • (1927–1991), Turkish poet
  • Ahmed Ali Awan (born 1980), convicted of the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker
  • Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Palestinian American activist
  • Ahmed Saidu Baba (born 1973), Nigerian politician, member of the Kwara State House of Assembly
  • , Eritrean diplomat
  • Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, former President of Iraq
  • Ahmed Ben Bella, the first President of Algeria
  • , leader of the Iraqi National Congress
  • Ahmed El Din (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ahmed Galal (politician) (born 1948), Egyptian economist
  • (1979–2001), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175
  • (1980–2001), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93
  • , Turkish writer and Sufi
  • Ahmed Hussein (disambiguation), multiple people
  • , Somali-Canadian lawyer
  • , Bosnian film director
  • Ahmed Abu Ismail, Egyptian economist and politician
  • Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada (1929–2017), South African politician, political prisoner and anti-apartheid activist.
  • , Egyptian-Canadian senior associate and financier of al-Qaeda
  • Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, of 14th century of Islam
  • Ahmed Köprülü, Ottoman Grand Vizier of the Köprülü family
  • Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirati politician
  • Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirati businessman
  • Ahmed M. Hassan, Somali politician
  • , Egyptian basketball coach and former player
  • ,
  • , Nigerian footballer
  • (born 1979), Lebanese footballer
  • , cricketer
  • Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan, founder and chairman of Etihad Airways
  • Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emirati businessman
  • (1977–2001), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93
  • (born 1952), Egyptian politician
  • , Indian cricketer
  • Ahmed Elmi Osman, Somali politician
  • , Indian politician
  • , former NFL player
  • , Pakistani singer
  • Ahmed Rushdi, Egyptian politician
  • Ahmed Salim, Bangladeshi painter and murderer hanged in Singapore in 2024
  • Ahmed bin Salman Al Saud, member of the royal family of Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed Santos, Mexican newspaper columnist
  • Ahmed Şerafettin, Turkish football manager
  • (born 1982), Syrian revolutionary, military commander, politician and current President of Syria
  • , Palestinian journalist
  • , Moroccan footballer
  • , Ethiopian Businessman
  • Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan (1889–1923), Turkish born Saudi royal
  • Ahmed Sékou Touré, African political leader and president of the Republic of Guinea
  • , former leader of Palestinian
  • , leader of mysticism
  • Ahmed H. Zewail, the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on
  • , President of Nigeria since 2023.

Ahmet
  • (born 1988), Turkish cyclist
  • , Turkish economist
  • , Turkish journalist
  • (1932–1971), Turkish Olympic champion
  • (born 1960), Turkish business executive
  • Ahmet Cevdet, multiple people
  • Ahmet Cömert (1926–1990), Turkish amateur boxer, coach, referee, boxing judge and sports official
  • Ahmet Davutoğlu (born 1959), Turkish politician and political scientist
  • (born 1978), Turkish footballer
  • Ahmet Enünlü (born 1948), Turkish bodybuilder
  • Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (born 1979), son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • (1923–2006), Turkish American founder and president of Atlantic Records
  • Ahmet Gülhan (born 1978), Turkish wrestler
  • Ahmet Haşim (1884–1933), Turkish writer
  • Ahmet Hromadžić (1923–2003), Bosnian writer
  • Ahmet İsvan (1923–2017), Turkish politician
  • (1957–2000), Turkish–Kurdish folk singer
  • Ahmet Mete Işıkara (1941–2013), Turkish seismologist
  • Ahmet İzzet Pasha (1864–1937), Ottoman general
  • (born 2002), Turkish wheelchair tennis player
  • Ahmet Kireççi (1914–1979), Turkish sports wrestler
  • Ahmet Koç, Turkish musician
  • Ahmet Köksal, (1920–1997), Turkish poet and writer
  • (born 1982), Turkish footballer
  • (born 1991), Chinese-Turkish table tennis player
  • Ahmet Öcal (born 1979), Belgian footballer
  • Ahmet Örken (born 1993), Turkish cyclist
  • Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı (1936–2023), Turkish footballer
  • (born 1989), Turkish wrestler
  • (1864–1932), Turkish writer and politician
  • Ahmet Sağlam (born 1987), Turkish footballer
  • Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born 1941), 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
  • Ahmet Burak Solakel (born 1982), Turkish footballer
  • Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901–1962), Turkish writer
  • (born 1950), Turkish wrestler
  • Ahmet Fuat Tugay, known as Hulusi Fuat Tugay (1890–1967), Turkish physician and diplomat
  • Ahmet Türk (born 1942), Turkish politician
  • Ahmet Fikri Tüzer (1878–1942), Turkish politician
  • (1930–1998), Turkish composer
  • , Turkish Cypriot politician
  • Ahmet Ümit (born 1960), Turkish author
  • Ahmet Üzümcü (born 1951), Turkish diplomat
  • (1937–2010), Turkish journalist
  • Ahmet Emin Yalman (1888–1972), Turkish journalist
  • Ahmet Yıldırım (born 1974), Turkish footballer
  • Ahmet Yıldız (born 1979), Turkish scientist
  • (born 1974), American musician, actor and novelist
  • , King of Albania (1928–1939)

Other spellings

People with the surname
Ahmad
  • Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
  • (1884–1920), Bengali activist and revolutionary
  • (1872–1940), Bengali litterateur
  • (born 1990), Swedish actress of Kurdish descent
  • (1938–2025), Indian-born Turkish-American academic, historian and political scientist
  • (1945–2023), Indonesian academic, bureaucrat and lecturer
  • Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918–1996), Bangladeshi politician
  • (1943–2018), Pakistani theoretical physicist
  • (1873–1952), Bengali Islamic scholar and Pir of Sarsina
  • (born 1938), Indian academic and historian
  • Najm Hamad Al Ahmad (born 1969), Syrian politician
  • , Bengali politician
  • , known as Odetari (born 2000), American singer, record producer, and rapper
  • , Pakistani religious cleric and reformer

Ahmed
  • Abdel-Rahim Ahmed (1944–1991), Palestinian politician
  • Abdel Rahim Ahmed, Egyptian film director and author
  • , British activist
  • , Bengali politician
  • (born 1973), Bangladeshi footballer
  • Anis Ahmed (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977), 5th President of India
  • , Bangladeshi actor
  • , lecturer and community worker in New Zealand
  • Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed, Queen of
  • (born 1993), Yemen-born Swedish journalist, columnist, and influencer
  • (born 1990), American baseball player
  • , British-American physician specializing in , and author, women's rights activist, journalist, and public commentator.
  • (born 1982), British actor and rapper
  • Rafiq Uddin Ahmed (1926–1952), demonstrator killed during Bengali Language Movement
  • Rafiuddin Ahmed, Indian Bengali dentist
  • Mohammed Ahmed, Ethiopian businessman

Other variants

Fictional characters
  • Aĥmad, from Malatily Bathhouse; Surname

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