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Pronunciation
  
Arabic: [maħmuːd]

Word/name
  
Arabic

Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
"The praised one", "Worthy of reverence", and "Laudable or commendable".

Alternative spelling
  
Mahmood, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood, Mehmud, Mohamud,Mahmoed, Mahmmoud

Mahmud is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: محمود‎‎, Maḥmūd, that comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D "Praise".

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Despite sharing the same triconsonantal root, this name is distinct from the name Muhammad.

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, but is uncommon.

Places

  • Mahmud, Khuzestan
  • Mahmud, South Khorasan

    • Mahmood

  • Huma Mahmood Abedin (born 1976), U.S. political staffer
  • Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist
  • Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer
  • Mahmood Hussain (councillor), former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, England
  • Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Ugandan academic, author and political commentator
  • Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst

    • Mahmoud

  • Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority
  • Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, Egyptian businessman
  • Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran (2005–2013)
  • Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian musician
  • Mahmoud Saad Balbaa, Egyptian businessman and politician
  • Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet
  • Mahmoud Guinia, Moroccan singer
  • Mahmoud Hweimel (died 2013), Jordanian politician
  • Mahmoud Jaballah, Egyptian-Canadian Jihad member
  • Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Egyptian Actor
  • Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt 1945-1946 & 1946-1948
  • Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, (born c. 1987), Egyptian photojournalist

    • Mahmud

  • Mahmud al-Kashgari, Turkish scholar
  • Mahmud Al-Nashaf, Israeli Arab politician
  • Mahmud Hotaki, Afghan ruler
  • Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730-1754
  • Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808-1839
  • Mahmud II of Great Seljuk, Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
  • Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician
  • Mahmud Mahmud, Iranian politician
  • Mahmud of Ghazni, ruler of Ghazni 997-1030
  • Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca), Sultan of Malacca 1488-1528
  • Mahmud Shah Durrani, ruler of Afghanistan 1801-1803 & 1809-1818
  • Mahmud Tarzi, Afghan journalist

    • Mahmut

  • Mahmut Bezgin, Turkish footballer
  • Mahmut Boz, Turkish footballer
  • Mahmut Celal Bayar, third President of Turkey
  • Mahmut Cuhruk, Turkish judge
  • Mahmut Demir, Turkish sport wrestler
  • Mahmut Hoşgiz, Turkish footballer
  • Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent
  • Mahmut Özgener, Turkish Football Federation president
  • Mahmut Şenol, Turkish author
  • Mahmut Tekdemir, Turkish footballer
  • Mahmut Yavuz, Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner
  • Mahmut Yıldırım, Kurdish contract killer
  • Mahmut Yilmaz, German footballer of Turkish descent

    • Mehmood

  • Mehmood Ali, Indian film actor in Bollywood, credited as Mehmood
  • Mehmood Aslam, Pakistani Television & Stage Actor
  • Mehmood Bhatti, Pakistani fashion designer
  • Mehmood Quaraishy, Kenyan cricketer
  • Mehmood Sham, Pakistani journalist

    • Mehmud

  • Maulana Mehmud Hasan, Indian independence activist
  • Mehmud Khurd, Pakistani ruler

    • Mahmood

  • Saba Mahmood, American anthropologist
  • Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
  • Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, Pakistani nuclear engineer
  • Shabana Mahmood, British politician
  • Shahid Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer
  • Syed Mahmood, Indian jurist
  • Tahir Mahmood, Indian jurist
  • Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor
  • Zia Mahmood, Pakistani bridge player

    • Mahmoud

  • Ahmad Mahmoud, Iranian novelist
  • Karem Mahmoud, Egyptian singer
  • Shaaban Mahmoud, Egyptian footballer
  • Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer

    • Mahmud

  • Abid Hamid Mahmud, Iraqi general
  • A. T. Mahmud, Indonesian songwriter
  • Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer

    • Mehmood

  • 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
  • Kashif Mehmood, Pakistani actor
  • Rashid Mehmood, Pakistani actor

    • Mehmud

  • Salim Mehmud, Pakistani rocket scientist

    • Animals

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

    • References

    Mahmud Wikipedia
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