MUHAMMED

the name Muhammad has root in the Arabic

verb Hamad which means

to praise this makes sense that it means

the praise as the most popular figure of

this name has been praised extensively

for many years

that of course being the prophet

Muhammad founder of the religion of

Islam

however, he is definitely not the only

person to be graced with that given name

of Muhammad in fact it's believed that

Muhammad is the most popular name on

earth

being the name given to more people than

any other so how and why did this name

become the world's most popular

however, is it actually the most popular

name well if you look through your lists

of most popular names from countries

across the world

Muhammad doesn't pop up as the number

one name in some of the biggest

countries on our planet which you think

it would be considering is supposedly the

most popular name out there

Wei, Liam, and alexander come out as the

most popular boys names in 2018 in three

of the world's biggest nations

china the USA and Russia respectively of

course

with nations in the middle east Muhammad

does reign as the number one boy's name

so why is Muhammad considered the

world's most popular name when so many

countries it

isn't well to understand this let's look

specifically at the most popular boy's

name here in England

since 2013 the most popular boy's name

here has been Oliver however many argue

the most popular name

isn't Oliver but Mohammed so why did the

UK's national statistics office

that does not show this well it's because

in countries like England where Arabic

isn't the official language and Muhammad

is a name of Arabic origins

various spellings and transliterations

of the name are used Wikipedia lists 30

variations of the name

and here in England the three most

popular are Muhammad Mohammed and

Muhammad if we count these spelling

variations as one name they overtake

Oliver by a long shot as the most

popular boy's name here in England

however, as they are different spellings

in the national statistics office counts

them as separate names

so if we combined all the people with

spelling variations of the first name

Muhammad, it's estimated that 150 million

men have that first name which is safe

to say is a lot of Muhammad's so

why is this name so popular of course

this is due to the connotations the name

Muhammad has in the religion of Islam

as we mentioned in Muhammad is the name

of the prophet of Islam so we could

simply say that the name is so popular

due to the many Muslims naming their

sons after the prophet

however, I feel there has to be more to

it than that because while Muhammad is

the most popular name due to Islam

Islam isn't the most popular religion in

the world Islam is the second most

followed religion with 1.8 billion

followers

with Christianity being the most

followed with 2.3 billion followers if

Muhammad is so popular due to delusion

then surely the name of the prophet of

the bigger religion would be more

popular

at least that's my thought process on

the matter anyway however we can see

that Jesus doesn't even register in the

top 100 names here in the UK

while Muhammad and its variations do

so why are Muslims happy to name their

children after their prophet but

Christians don't seem to be as keen on

naming their children after theirs

I did some research into this and it

seems that too many Christians in the

English-speaking world the name Jesus

should only be reserved for christ

himself and

naming a child Jesus would be seen as

disrespectful to the messiah however

while Jesus isn't a popular name in the

English-speaking world

names that honor Jesus is Joshua is a

name that has etymological roots in the

name

Jesus and of course the name Christopher

comes from christ too

and like I said not naming your child

Jesus seems to be a thing for

English-speaking Christians

in the Spanish-speaking world however

Jesus is a much more popular thing to

give your child

however, is pronounced as Jesus while in

Christianity it seems that calling your

child Jesus is something of a no this

doesn't translate over to the world of

Islam

in fact, it seems to be the complete

opposite not only is it not frowned upon

to name your son after the prophet it

seems very much the preferred choice

I read through some articles about the

importance of the name in the Islam

world dr Justin guest of Harvard and the

London School of economics looked into

it and explained that Muslims see

Muhammad as a paragon of excellence

and many name their sons after the

prophet in hopes they will live a life

like the prophet

in another article one Muslim woman

explained that she gave her son the

the middle name of Muhammad she said i

wanted a name that would make my son

think about who our prophet was and what

it really means to be a Muslim rather

then any negative media representation

of Islam or the twisted actions of those

who claim to do things in the prophet's

name

and speaking of negative media

representation with Muhammad being the

a most popular name on the planet

much attention has been brought onto it

many sites and newspapers use this to

portray Muslims in a negative light

I would say don't judge people solely by

their name especially if it happens to

be the most popular name on our

 planet Muhammad

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