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Ahmed For some names beginning thus, use Ahmad.

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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Â© A Dictionary of First Names 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Ahmed ♂ (Arabic) name meaning ‘highly commendable’. See Aḥmad.

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