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.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

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
Param — chief, highest, primary, most prominent or conspicuous
Fathima — Daughter of the Prophet, one who abstains

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
Unnikrishnan — Meanings families give: Young Krishna; Baby Krishna, infant form of the divine
Aadithyan — Son of the sun, solar deity
Antony — Priceless, praiseworthy, Kerala Catholic name
Hassan — Handsome, good, Mappila Muslim Kerala name

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.