Where does “Ahmad” come from?

Ahmad comes from Arabic أَحْمَد, derived from the Arabic verb حَمِدَ meaning "to praise," which traces back to Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

Ancestry of “Ahmad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicأَحْمَدAhmed
2Classical Persianجَان—
3Middle Persian𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗—
4Proto-Iranian*wyaHnáH—
5Proto-Indo-IranianwyaHnás—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁‑to breathe

Words derived from “Ahmad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁‑ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyaHnás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH →