He's commonly nicknamed Mo in Britain, Momo in France, and Moha in Spain: "Muhammad" is de facto as European a name as Jack and Oliver. According to unmistakably alarmist reports, the name has been steadily rising in the rankings of most common names for newborn males in Britain, ultimately surpassing Oliver as the nation's most popular baby name for 2009.
Actually, "Mohammed" – the most common spelling of the name – is ranked in 16th position but it rises to the top if the 3,300 babies named Mohammed last year are lumped together with alternative spellings: 2,162 Muhammads, 1,073 Mohammads and 980 called Muhammed, Mohamed, Mohamad, Muhamed or Mohammod.
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