Interesting to see that number 2 and 3 aren't arab names, the girls names seem western to me.
Why do muslims name every second boy Muhammad anyway? Doesn't that get confusing?
As far as I know they need to give some strong name to boys and since Muhammed is considered the most important prophet they use that name a lot.
I had this guy that was a muslim from a muslim country, I forgot his name, it was one of the new hires, part of the diversity push at the company and I asked about it and he told me the reason above, he also told me that he would just call everyone 'hmed since it covered all the variations.
Probably for at least some of the same reasons that Hispanics recycle Jesus and Maria so often, or how many Christian Western nations recycle names of prophets and other religious figureheads from the bible.
Probably more interesting/unique is how many Greek names ended up in circulation in Russia and other East-European cultures (Tldr, Byzantine traded with cultures in that region quite heavily throughout the middle ages)
Interesting to see that number 2 and 3 aren't arab names, the girls names seem western to me. Why do muslims name every second boy Muhammad anyway? Doesn't that get confusing?
Why is it frowned upon to draw Muhammad but not name people after him
As far as I know they need to give some strong name to boys and since Muhammed is considered the most important prophet they use that name a lot.
I had this guy that was a muslim from a muslim country, I forgot his name, it was one of the new hires, part of the diversity push at the company and I asked about it and he told me the reason above, he also told me that he would just call everyone 'hmed since it covered all the variations.
Probably for at least some of the same reasons that Hispanics recycle Jesus and Maria so often, or how many Christian Western nations recycle names of prophets and other religious figureheads from the bible.
Probably more interesting/unique is how many Greek names ended up in circulation in Russia and other East-European cultures (Tldr, Byzantine traded with cultures in that region quite heavily throughout the middle ages)