Mahmud

Mahmud
محمود
A painted depiction of Sultan Mahmud II
PronunciationArabic: [maħˈmuːd]
Urdu: [mɛɦˈmuːd̪]
GenderMale
Origin
LanguageArabic
MeaningPraiseworthy
Other names
CognateMuhammad
AnglicisationsMahmood, Mahmad, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood, Mehmed, Mehmud, Mahmoed, Malamud, Mahmmoud
DerivedH-M-D root

Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود (Maḥmūd), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning 'praise', along with Muhammad.

Given name

Mahmood

Mahmoud

Mahmud

Mahmudi/Mahmudin

Mahmut

Mehmood

Mehmud

Surname

Mahmood

Mahmoud

Mehmood

Mehmud

Mahmud

Mahfud

  • Mahfud MD (born 1957), Indonesian politician and lawyer

Mahfouz

Compound names with the element Mahmud

Fictional characters

See also

  1. ↑ Wehr, Hans (1979). Cowan, J. Milton (ed.). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (4th ed.). Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services. p. 238. ISBN 0-87950-003-4.