Mahmud
| Mahmud |
| Gender |
Male |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Arabic |
| Meaning |
"The praised one", "Worthy of reverence", and "Laudable or commendable". |
Mahmud (also spelled Mahmood, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood, or Mehmud) is the main transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: محمود, Maḥmūd, that comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D "Praise".
Despite sharing the same triconsonantal root, this name is distinct from the name Muhammad. One of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's many names is Mahmud.
The name is common in most parts of the Islamic world; it is used as a given name for males, while the variant Mahmuda is given to females.
Given name
- Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730-1754
- Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808-1839
- Mahmud II of Great Seljuk, Sultan of Baghdad 1118
- Mahmud of Ghazni, ruler of Ghazni 997-1030
- Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran
- Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian musician
- Mehmood Ali, Indian actor
- Mehmood Bhatti, Pakistani fashion designer
- Mahmut Celal Bayar, third President of Turkey
- Mahmut Bezgin, Turkish footballer
- Mahmut Boz, Turkish footballer
- Mahmut Cuhruk, Turkish judge
- Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet
- Mahmut Demir, Turkish sport wrestler
- Mahmoud Guinia, Moroccan singer
- Maulana Mehmud Hasan, Indian independence activist
- Mahmut Hoşgiz, Turkish footballer
- Mahmud Hotaki, Afghan ruler
- Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician
- Mehmud Khurd, Pakistani ruler
- Mahmud al-Kashgari, Turkish scholar
- Mahmoud Jaballah, Egyptian-Canadian Jihad member
- Mahmud Mahmud, Iranian politician
- Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Egyptian Actor
- Mahmud Al-Nashaf, Israeli Arab politician
- Mahmud Nazari, Afghan academic
- Mahmud Saedon Othman, Malay intellectual
- Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, Egyptian businessman
- Mahmut Özgener, Turkish Football Federation president
- Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt 1945-1946 & 1946-1948
- Mehmood Quaraishy, Kenyan cricketer
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
- Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca), Sultan of Malacca 1488-1528
- Mahmud Shah Durrani, ruler of Afghanistan 1801-1803 & 1809-1818
- Mehmood Sham, Pakistani journalist
- Mahmut Şenol, Turkish author
- Mehmood ul Hassan Kaukab Al-Tabrezi, Pakistani poet
- Mahmud Tarzi, Afghan journalist
- Mahmut Tekdemir, Turkish footballer
- Mahmut Yıldırım, Kurdish contract killer
- Mahmut Yilmaz, German footballer
Surname
- Abid Hamid Mahmud, Iraqi general
- Ahmad Mahmoud, Iranian novelist
- Arif Mehmood, Pakistani footballer
- Arshad Mehmood (composer), Pakistani actor and music composer
- Arshad Mehmood (singer), Pakistani singer
- A. T. Mahmud, Indonesian songwriter
- Faakhir Mehmood, Pakistani singer
- Hasnat Mehmood, Pakistani artist
- Karem Mahmoud, Egyptian singer
- Kashif Mehmood, Pakistani actor
- Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
- Salim Mehmud, Pakistani rocket scientist
- Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, Pakistani nuclear engineer
- Shaaban Mahmoud, Egyptian footballer
- Shabana Mahmood, British politician
- Shahid Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer
- Rashid Mahmood, Pakistani actor
- Tahir Mahmood, Indian jurist
- Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer
Animals