{"id":36892,"date":"2020-11-08T12:58:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T08:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=36892"},"modified":"2020-11-08T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T09:21:50","slug":"khda-reveals-number-of-mohammeds-and-maryams-studying-in-dubai-private-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/announcements\/khda-reveals-number-of-mohammeds-and-maryams-studying-in-dubai-private-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"KHDA Reveals The Incredible Number Of \u2018Mohammed&#8217;s And &#8216;Maryam&#8217;s That Study In Dubai Schools\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We always knew that &#8216;Mohammed&#8217; and &#8216;Maryam&#8217; were super loved and common names here in Dubai, BUT did we know just how common?<\/p>\n<p>Welllllllll, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in Dubai has answered the question that&#8217;s low-key on everyone&#8217;s mind and have revealed the grand totals.<\/p>\n<p>So it is official that there are 14,947 students named Mohammed studying in Dubai&#8217;s private schools! With 37 variations of the name, KHDA confirms the 3 most popular spellings are Muhammed, Mohammed and Mohammad.<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to everyone who guessed! The answer is:  <br \/>4153 boys spell their name Muhammed<br \/>3704 use Mohammed and <br \/>3435 use Mohammad. <br \/>A close 4th is Mohamed, the name of 2142 boys! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StraightUpStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#StraightUpStats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fe2Q6CTogg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fe2Q6CTogg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KHDA | \u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u062f\u0628\u064a (@KHDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHDA\/status\/1323845870035431424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Daaaamnnnn son! It must be one heck of a task finding a keychain with that name or even the letter &#8216;M&#8217; with 14,947 of y&#8217;all ruling Dubz<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3ohzA8icSNgmywThlu\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Coming to Maryams, there are 3,076 girls named Maryam at Dubai\u2019s private schools<\/h2>\n<p>Being the most popular girl&#8217;s name here in du-bae, Maryam is spelled 15 different ways with the 3 most common spellings of the name being Maryam, Mariam and Mariyam.<\/p>\n<p>KHDA rounded up their trivia tweets with a line reading,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Have you got a #StraightUpStats question for us? Let us know, and we\u2019ll try to get you the answer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So &#8211; there are 3,076 girls named Maryam at Dubai&#39;s private schools. The top 3 ways they spell their name are:<br \/>Maryam &#8211; 2052 girls<br \/>Mariam &#8211; 850 girls<br \/>Mariyam &#8211; 120 girls<br \/>Have you got a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StraightUpStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#StraightUpStats<\/a> question for us? Let us know &amp; we&#39;ll try to get you the answer. \ud83d\udc4d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8CZlQJaCE6\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/8CZlQJaCE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KHDA | \u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u062f\u0628\u064a (@KHDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHDA\/status\/1324281903680139264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Issa Mohammed and Maryam world and we&#8217;re just living in it<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/llfVoXzlEppScDN9V5\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We always knew that &#8216;Mohammed&#8217; and &#8216;Maryam&#8217; were super loved and common names here in Dubai, BUT did we know just how common? Welllllllll, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in Dubai has answered the question that&#8217;s low-key on everyone&#8217;s mind and have revealed the grand totals. 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With 37 variations of the name, KHDA confirms the 3 most popular spellings are Muhammed, Mohammed and Mohammad.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to everyone who guessed! The answer is:  <br \/>4153 boys spell their name Muhammed<br \/>3704 use Mohammed and <br \/>3435 use Mohammad. <br \/>A close 4th is Mohamed, the name of 2142 boys! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StraightUpStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StraightUpStats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fe2Q6CTogg\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fe2Q6CTogg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KHDA | \u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u062f\u0628\u064a (@KHDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHDA\/status\/1323845870035431424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>Daaaamnnnn son! It must be one heck of a task finding a keychain with that name or even the letter &#8216;M&#8217; with 14,947 of y&#8217;all ruling Dubz<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3ohzA8icSNgmywThlu\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>Coming to Maryams, there are 3,076 girls named Maryam at Dubai\u2019s private schools<\/h2>\n<p>Being the most popular girl&#8217;s name here in du-bae, Maryam is spelled 15 different ways with the 3 most common spellings of the name being Maryam, Mariam and Mariyam.<\/p>\n<p>KHDA rounded up their trivia tweets with a line reading,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Have you got a #StraightUpStats question for us? Let us know, and we\u2019ll try to get you the answer.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So &#8211; there are 3,076 girls named Maryam at Dubai&#39;s private schools. The top 3 ways they spell their name are:<br \/>Maryam &#8211; 2052 girls<br \/>Mariam &#8211; 850 girls<br \/>Mariyam &#8211; 120 girls<br \/>Have you got a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StraightUpStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StraightUpStats<\/a> question for us? Let us know &amp; we&#39;ll try to get you the answer. \ud83d\udc4d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8CZlQJaCE6\">https:\/\/t.co\/8CZlQJaCE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KHDA | \u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u062f\u0628\u064a (@KHDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHDA\/status\/1324281903680139264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>Issa Mohammed and Maryam world and we&#8217;re just living in it<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/llfVoXzlEppScDN9V5\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n"}],"legacy_image":"","legacy_full_image":"","type_of_video":"Self Hosted","lovin_video_link":false,"lovin_video_link_webm":false,"video_thumbnail":false,"disable_lovin_hearts":false,"lovin_heart_title":"","show_sponsor":false,"sponsor_image":false,"sponsor_name":"","sponsor_content":"","sponsor_website":"","sponsor_facebook":"","sponsor_twitter":"","sponsor_instagram":"","enable_reveal_feature":false,"reveal_image":false,"legacy_meta_tags":"","episode_number":"","embed_code":"","episode_introduction":"","is_guest_user":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1822"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}