Boy · Arabic (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Hammad
حمادSay it hum-MAAD
- Meaning today
- One who praises, praiseworthy
- Original meaning
- "one who praises much; a great praiser" Lane, p. 640
- Say it
- hum-MAAD
- Written
- حماد
- Other spellings
- Hamaad, Hammaad
Hammad
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Hammad meaning
Hammad (حماد) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin (Urdu usage).
One who praises much; a great praiser
Also used to mean: praiseworthy
Hammad (حماد) is Arabic ḥammād, an intensive form of the root ḥ-m-d, "praise", the same root as Muhammad, Ahmad and Hamid. Lane's lexicon defines ḥammād as a man who praises much or very often. Name lists give "one who praises" or "one who praises God often", which matches; a few say "praiseworthy", which belongs to the related word ḥamīd. The name goes back to early Islam, carried for example by the Kufan jurist Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, a teacher of Abu Hanifa, and it is used by Muslim families in India and Pakistan today.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 2 (1865), p. 640 · entry ḥammād (حَمَّادٌ), root ḥ-m-d · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ḥammād, Book I p. 640
Famous namesakes
- Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman (d. 738), Kufan jurist and teacher of Abu Hanifa
Spellings
Hammad · Hamaad · Hammaad