The name comes from the last Prophet sent by Allah. His name was prophet Muhammad PBUH. He was born in Mecca and lived to be 63 years old. His first revelation was brought by the angel Gabriel and it continued. He had 9 wives and he made the incredible journey Hajj. It was the journey from Mecca to Medina. That is when the Muslim calender starts, the year of the Hijra. Prophet Muhammad PBUH died in Medina.
Mohammed is the most common (boys) name in Malmö, a city in Sweden. That is pretty wierd, since it's not a Swedish name at all. On the other hand, there are a lot of immigrants from middle-east countries in Malmö.
-- Anonymous User 9/27/2008
I don't care for this name. It's rather boring, and the stigma attached to the prophet Mohammed (and Islam in general) in the West would lead to racist bullying.