Ofc Mohammed is the most common name but thats a name common within the muslim community. I have noticed the name Sarah in every country, regardless of race or religion. Or it might be an abrahamic religion thing but thats most of the world atleast.

I suspect other Abrahamic names might make the cut.

  • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
    12·
    1 year ago

    Names with the same meaning is an interesting one. Id say that counts, I hadnt even thought about that!

    I’d also allow variations of the name, John is Yuhanna in arabic.

    • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
      11·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know the answer, but at least this gives us some way to actually count this:

      • check which languages encompass 90% (or more) of the native speakers of Earth
      • check the most names that fit 90% (or more) of the native speakers of each language
      • sum up names across languages that you deemed to be “the same”, like John and Yuhanna

      There’ll be a tiny bit of error there, but given that you’re focusing only on the most common name, I guess that it’s fine.

      I wonder if there’s some previous research on that. Digging further yielded nothing for me. (You got me curious, too.)