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The first name 
Ahmed

Ahmed is a first name for boys.

Ahmed is a common name for boys!

The name Ahmed isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Ahmed ranks 528. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 3 were named Ahmed. In the entire USA, approximately 13,645 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Ahmed. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Ahmed

What does the name 
Ahmed mean?

Ahmed is a variant of the Arabic and Persian name Ahmad, which means ‘most commendable, most praiseworthy’. It is a superlative of the name Hamid, meaning ‘praiseworthy’.

The variants... Ahmed and Ahmad have been known in the U.S. since the 1970s and are about equally popular.

Ahmed has 5 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.

With five letters, the name Ahmed is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.

Other names with 
A, h, m, e and d

If you take all the letters in the name Ahmed – A, h, m, e and d – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Adhem or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Ahmed

If your name is Ahmed and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Ahmed

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Ahmed, you can simply say:

Apple

Hat

Mouse

Elephant

Dinosaur

This is how the name Ahmed is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Ahmed in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Ahmed

Ahmed

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Ahmed

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Ahmed is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
H
M
E
D

Have you ever waved the name Ahmed

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
H
M
E
D

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Ahmed sounds like this: