"Variant of Ahmad"
The name Ahmaud is commonly a male name from the "Persian" origin.
Ahmaud is a spelling variant of Ahmad, also commonly written Ahmed, an Arabic name built on the root h-m-d, which has the sense of praise. The literal meaning ordinarily given for Ahmad is "highly praised" or "most praiseworthy." Ahmaud uses the same consonants with the vowel written as au rather than a or e, and it first appears in United States birth records in 1997.
Ahmad means "Most highly adored, Highly praised.".
The pronunciation of Ahmaud is uh-MAWD.