Mahmood

**Mahmud** (also spelled **Mahmood**, **Mahmoud**, **Mahmut**, **Mehmood**, **Mahmoed** or **Mehmud**) is the main transliteration of the Arabic given name (, _Maḥmūd_) that comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D _"Praise"_. The pronunciation of the name is [ mah-**mood** ].

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.This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

## Given name

- Mahmud Kanafani, Lebanese Singer
- 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
- 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
- Mohamad Mahmoed, Netherlands footballer
- Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian politician and diplomat; prime minister (1970-1972)

## Surname

- Abid Hamid Mahmud, Iraqi general
- Ahmad Mahmoud, Iranian novelist
- Alessandro Mahmoud, Italian singer
- Arif Mehmood, Pakistani footballer
- Arshad Mehmood (composer), Pakistani actor and music composer
- Arshad Mehmood (singer), Pakistani singer
- 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
- Shahid Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer
- Rashid Mahmood, Pakistani actor
- Tahir Mahmood, Indian jurist
- Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer

## Animals

- Mahmoud (elephant), an elephant associated with the Year of the Elephant in Islamic history
- Mahmoud (horse), Epsom Derby winner in 1936

## Infobox (given name)

- **name**: Mahmud
- **caption**: Mehmood
- **gender**: Male
- **meaning**: _"The praised one", "Worthy of reverence", and "Laudable or commendable"._
- **origin**: Arabic