UK top baby name is Muhammad

For the first time at BabyCentre UK, the name Muhammad has topped the list, when alternate spellings such as Mohammed are included.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a25011625/top-baby-boy-names-2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baby-names-top-100-most-popular-boys-and-girls-names-10459074.html

Note: in the Independent it's not the first name, that's because they split the spellings ..

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Reply 1

Faisalshamallakh

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And here is where all the love begins

Reply 2

MagicNMedicine

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Looks like a return to a lot of traditional names in there, especially in the girls list: Isabella, Jessica, Lily, Grace, Evie, Scarlette, Isabel.

Quite a few of those on the boys name list are traditional Hebrew names, I wonder if these are getting popular outside Jewish communities.

Reply 3

Ravenous

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Same thing every year, who cares.

Reply 4

h.dan

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Well........... lol. Dunno what to say.

Actually, I do know what to say.

There are a lot more common and mysterious/magical names from the good old white community. However, from the muslim community, the names pretty much stay the same and have the same concept. I know for a fact that people name their kid Muhammad but have a second name, for example Abdul, and then are called by the second name. This is because as long as the first name is Muhammad of a boy, they will go to heaven as it is the same name as their prophet.

So, I don't think there are that many people who are referred to as Muhammad but will probably have double barrelled name and then be called by the second barrel.

Another point is that in the muslim community, the names are pretty much all the same, Hamza, Muhammad, Abdul, Amir, Roman, Aaqib etc., they don't really introduce new names.

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Reply 5

0lut0

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It's 2016...and you're giving us statistics that were in 2014???
I apologize for my disgusting use of Grammar.

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Reply 6

Charles III

21

already debunked this. next question.

Reply 7

whorace

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Original post by MagicNMedicine

Looks like a return to a lot of traditional names in there, especially in the girls list: Isabella, Jessica, Lily, Grace, Evie, Scarlette, Isabel.

Quite a few of those on the boys name list are traditional Hebrew names, I wonder if these are getting popular outside Jewish communities.

All classy names. I thought we were getting dumb.

Beautiful name!

Original post by Nephthys

For the first time at BabyCentre UK, the name Muhammad has topped the list, when alternate spellings such as Mohammed are included.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a25011625/top-baby-boy-names-2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baby-names-top-100-most-popular-boys-and-girls-names-10459074.html

Note: in the Independent it's not the first name, that's because they split the spellings ..

That's because Muslim families call their children Mohammed very frequently. There is much less diversity of naming amongst Muslim families than there is amongst non Muslim families.

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Reply 10

Nephthys

OP

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Original post by iEthan

already debunked this. next question.

debunked what ?

Reply 11

Tpos

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Original post by h.dan

. This is because as long as the first name is Muhammad of a boy, they will go to heaven as it is the same name as their prophet.

No one's going to heaven just cuz their name is Muhammad.

Original post by MagicNMedicine

Looks like a return to a lot of traditional names in there, especially in the girls list: Isabella, Jessica, Lily, Grace, Evie, Scarlette, Isabel.

Quite a few of those on the boys name list are traditional Hebrew names, I wonder if these are getting popular outside Jewish communities.

Those names are lovely (don't like Jessica that much)

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Reply 12

mikeoxlong000

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Original post by h.dan

Well........... lol. Dunno what to say.

Actually, I do know what to say.

There are a lot more common and mysterious/magical names from the good old white community. However, from the muslim community, the names pretty much stay the same and have the same concept. I know for a fact that people name their kid Muhammad but have a second name, for example Abdul, and then are called by the second name. This is because as long as the first name is Muhammad of a boy, they will go to heaven as it is the same name as their prophet.

So, I don't think there are that many people who are referred to as Muhammad but will probably have double barrelled name and then be called by the second barrel.

Another point is that in the muslim community, the names are pretty much all the same, Hamza, Muhammad, Abdul, Amir, Roman, Aaqib etc., they don't really introduce new names.

what new names have the white community come up with? surely they stick with the usual : john, sam, matt, jake, tom, seb etc

Reply 13

Zweihander

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Original post by Nephthys

For the first time at BabyCentre UK, the name Muhammad has topped the list, when alternate spellings such as Mohammed are included.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a25011625/top-baby-boy-names-2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baby-names-top-100-most-popular-boys-and-girls-names-10459074.html

Note: in the Independent it's not the first name, that's because they split the spellings ..

Goodbye sweet Britannia

Reply 14

Plagioclase

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[video]https://youtu.be/5Mh39H4hBzc?t=2m4s[/video]

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Reply 15

Nephthys

OP

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Original post by h.dan

This is because as long as the first name is Muhammad of a boy, they will go to heaven as it is the same name as their prophet.

People actually believe this ? Are we sure everyone evolved from Homo Erectus ?

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Reply 16

shawn_o1

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The name has like seven different spellings in English, no surprise then

This is an omen

Original post by h.dan

I know for a fact that people name their kid Muhammad but have a second name, for example Abdul, and then are called by the second name. This is because as long as the first name is Muhammad of a boy, they will go to heaven as it is the same name as their prophet.

So, I don't think there are that many people who are referred to as Muhammad but will probably have double barrelled name and then be called by the second barrel.

This is the important bit. Muslim guys are often given the first name Muhammad almost as a title, then are referred to by their second name so you don't have a vast excess of people all using the same name.