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

References

Category:Given names