Muhammad, the most common spelling given to babies born in , was the 10th most popular name for boys overall. Oliver topped the list with 6, babies while Muhammad was registered 3, times - not including hyphenated names, such as Muhammad-Ali.
If we combine 14 different spellings included in the data we get 7, boys, which is more than 1, ahead of Oliver. However the ONS treats each spelling of a name separately and ranks them according to the number of times that individual spelling appears on birth certificates.
Statisticians say combining names which have a similar spelling would require individuals to make a "subjective decision" about whether certain names are distinctive or not. For example, they would have to decide whether or not to treat Sara and Sarah as variations of the same name, even though many people would pronounce them differently.
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It does have a large number of alternative spellings; that helps push it up the rankings, of course. Mine is the traditional English way; the one recommended now is the modern Arabic transliteration, Muhammad.
There are a few practical issues: many people from the Indian subcontinent, for example, may be given the name but often are not actually called by it. There can be some confusion. My parents called me Mohammed Amin, although my father had to sign a sworn statement to say so when I started secondary school, because at primary school I was Ameen Mohammed. My wife calls me Amin — even though she is Mrs Amin.
Mohammed Hanif, 50 Author. Mohammed is my first name but also a family name, so my given name is Hanif — and every second or third person in Pakistan is called Mohammed too. My theory is it also has something to do with tribes. Lots of people with a prominent past or family have it as part of their name — they will have the honorific Khan, for instance.
Others whose family have converted over the centuries or came from a lower caste pick one of these generic names such as Mohammed or Ahmed. All my brothers and lots of my nephews are either Mohammed — or Ahmed or a variation of Allah, such as Abdullah. I now have a nephew whose first name is Mohammed and we call him Mohammed.
I think people just think more now about what the names mean. Maybe parents who have suppressed their creativity pour it into naming their children. No one in Pakistan would call me Mohammed; they would call me Hanif.
At first I would correct people. But then I gave up. So some people called me Mohammed and went on to call me Mo. I do have more than one culture, so there was no contradiction in it. I could spend all my time explaining why my first name is not my first name or I could get on with it and have a conversation. I am sure some people are very particular about how they are addressed, but I found it amusing to have more than one name.
Like where I work now, there are three Muhammads, including a guy whose surname is Muhammad too. Obviously the name still has strong connotations, though — people know straightaway that you are Muslim.
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