More from the DMN (via The Times of London):
The Times of London reports that the second most popular name for baby boys in Britain (after Jack) is Muhammad.
The name is likely to be No. 1 by next year.
In official lists, the paper reports, no one variant of the name is that high in popularity. But when all 14 possible spellings are added together, Muhammad (or Mohammed or Muhamad or … you get the idea) soars.
“Overall, Muslims account for 3 per cent of the British population, about 1.5 million people,” The Times reported. “However, the Muslim birthrate is roughly three times higher than the non-Muslim one.”
In Arabic, Muhammad means “one who is praiseworthy.”
Maybe I’m missing something here, but it’s wrong to make a cartoon with Muhammad because it’s irreverent, but it’s OK to name your kid after him? I guess different cultures see irreverence as different things.
