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Ahmed

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Origin and Meaning

Arabic أحمد (ahmed) = 'more commendable' [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

Ahmad ♂
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Ahmed ♂
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Ahmet ♂
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Further Information

Ahmed is a very common name among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background [2]

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 16 people were named Ahmed (percentage of first or only given name: 31 %) [6]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[7]
8858 23472 12 6377 8846 17095
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 5490
n.a.
 1255
n.a.
 4235
Denmark Denmark[9]
1895
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 1895
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[10]
20 36
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
0 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[12]
2836
n.a.
 10
n.a.
 2826
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Ahmed (m) Sources: [7][9][12][8]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Ahmed (m)


References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  5. ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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