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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	أَحْمَد	Ahmed
2	Classical Persian	جَان	—
3	Middle Persian	𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗	—
4	Proto-Iranian	*wyaHnáH	—
5	Proto-Indo-Iranian	wyaHnás	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₂enh₁‑	—

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