Around the world, Aḥmad (Ahmad 
, Aḥmad) is a prevalent predominantly masculine, but scarcely female given name. The given name Aḥmad is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, where it is a prevalent male name, Syria, and Jordan, where it is a widespread boy's name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, Pakistan, and Nigeria. Also, Aḥmad is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Ahmad | Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia |
Aḥmad is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ahmad Kamal Faridi , the fictional character and Ahmad Chadway .
| aḥmad ibn jaʻfar jaḥẓah al-barmakī Iraqi poet (b. 839) |
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| aḥmad ibn-ʿalī ibn-al-munaǧǧim (b. 850) |
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| aḥmad ibn-muḥammad aṣ- ṣanaubarī (b. 883) |
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| al-ismāʿīlī, aḥmad ibn ibrāhīm (b. 890) |
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| aḥmad ibn-muḥammad ibn-as-sunnī (b. 894) |
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| aḥmad ibn ʻalī al-baghāʻī Malikite jurist, 11th C., ES (b. 956) |
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| aḥmad ibn-abī-marwān ibn-šuhaid al-andalusī (b. 992) |
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| aḥmad ibn muḥammad ibn al-hayyāṭ (b. 1050) |
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| aḥmad ibn munīr ṭarābulusī (b. 1080) |
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| aḥmad samʿānī Arab scholar (b. 1094) |
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| aḥmad ibn-ʿumar niẓāmī ʿarūḍī (b. 1090) |
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| aḥmad ibn-ʿalī ibn-al-bāḏiš (b. 1098) |
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| aḥmad ibn abd al-ṣamad khazraji MA (b. 1125) |
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| aḥmad ibn-al-mufarraǧ ibn-maslama (b. 1160) |
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| aḥmad ibn ʿumar qurṭubī (b. 1182) |
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