According to data released from a study carried out by Gesellschaft für Deutsche Sprache (Society for the German Language), the number one name for newborn baby boys in Berlin is Mohammed.
Over one million Middle Eastern and North African migrants – many with Islamic backgrounds – have entered Germany since Angela Merkel flung the country’s doors open in 2015.
After all of the different variations of the name – such as different spellings such as Muhammed and variants like Mehmet – are counted together, Mohammed ends up ranking as the most popular name for baby boys in the German capital, the German tabloid Bild reports.
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