What does the name Mohammed mean?

Mohammed means "Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name". It is a boy's name of Malayalam origin.

Mohammed

Mohammed means Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name.

Gender	boy
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	M

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Architha — Worshipped, revered, praised
Udit — Risen, praised
Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
Fathima — Daughter of the Prophet, one who abstains
Ayisha — Alive, prosperous, wife of Prophet

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

Ayyappan — Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
Sreejith — Victorious
Manikandan — Lord Ayyappa
Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
Unnikrishnan — Young Krishna

Where this comes from

Mohammed has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.