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The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
The eleventh most common baby name in 2006, [45] Andrew was among the ten most popular names for male infants in 2005. [46] Andrew was the sixth most popular choice for a male infant in 2004. [47] In 2002 and 2001, Andrew was the seventh most popular baby name in the United States. [48] [49] [50] In the 1980s, Andrew was the 19th most popular ...
According to the sixth edition of The Columbia Encyclopedia (2000), Muhammad is probably the most common given name in the world, including variations. [7] The Independent reported in 2014 that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name Muhammad, which would make it the most popular name in the world. [8]
As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. [1] It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad and Hamed. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. [2]
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world.It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries.
Khan (/ x ɑː n /) is an ancient Indo-European surname and in the variant of 'Khan' of Mongolic origin, used as a title in various global regions, [1] and today most commonly found in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and India.
The name Ali is also used in various other cultures as a given name. Among English speakers it is used as a short form of male or female names starting with "Ali", such as Alice, Alison, Alisha, Alistair, Alexander, or Alexandra. In Old Norse, Áli and Åle are alternative forms of Onela. Ali is a Finnish male given name, derived from ...
Muhammad Khan (Khan of Moghulistan) (died 1415), Mughlistan Khanate khan in 1408–1415 Vali Muhammad Khan , leader of the Ashtarkhanid (Janid) dynasty in the Khanate of Bukhara from 1605 to 1611 Colonel Muhammad Khan (1919–1999), Pakistani war hero, humorist and writer