Last name origin & meaning: Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic
personal name Ạhmad ‘the most praised’, elative adjective
from ̣hamid (see Hamid). This is an epithet of the
Prophet Muhammad. In the Qur’an (6:16) Jesus foretells the arrival of
Ạhmad (the Prophet Muhammad) in the words: ‘I have brought good
news about a messenger who will come after me, whose name will be
Ạhmad’.
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