Ahmed

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Male Name

Origin and Meaning

Arabic أحمد (ahmed) = 'more commendable' ^[1]

Related Names

Ahmad	♂
Ahmed	♂

Further Information

Ahmed is a very common name among immigrants from Muslim countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without immigration background

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		17	2907	4749	8750
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	1465	n.a
Norway[4]		0	13	703	1848
Finland[5]		n.a.	619	n.a	1838
#: 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^[2][3][4][5]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi