Mahmud

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Scripts محمود(Arabic, Persian, Pashto) Маҳмуд(Uzbek) মাহমুদ(Bengali)
Pronounced Pron. mah-MOOD(Arabic, Persian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "praised" in Arabic, from the same root as Muhammad. This was the name of the first Muslim ruler of India (11th century). It was also borne by two Ottoman sultans.

Related Names

VariantsMahmood, Mahmoud(Arabic) Mahmoud(Persian)
Other Languages & CulturesMakhmud(Chechen) Makhmud(Kazakh) Mehmûd(Kurdish) Mahmut(Turkish) Mehmood, Mehmud(Urdu) Mehmut(Uyghur)
Surname DescendantsMahmoud, Mahmud(Arabic) Mahmud(Bengali)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   serious  

Categories

praise, success, Turkish presidents
Entry updated June 9, 2023