Mahmud
محمود
PronunciationArabic: [maħˈmuːd]
Urdu: [mɛɦˈmuːd̪]
GenderMale
Origin
Language(s)Arabic
MeaningPraiseworthy
Other names
Cognate(s)Muhammad
Anglicisation(s)Ahmad, Mahmood, Mahmad, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood, Mehmed, Mehmud, Mahmoed, Malamud, Mahmmoud, Mamo, Mak (Mac/Mc), Ma/Mu/Mo, Mamu
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

  • Elias Mahmoudi, French Muay Thai fighter currently signed to ONE Championship.
  • Nur Mahmudi Ismail, Mayor of Depok City, a satellite city of West Java located in the southern part of Jakarta.
  • Mahmuddin Yasin, the first Deputy Minister of BUMN.

Mahmut

Mehmood

Mehmud

Surname

Mahmood

Mahmoud

Mehmood

Mehmud

Mahmud

Mahfud

Mahfouz

  • Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, Saudi Arabian businessman
  • Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Mahfuzur Rahman, Guinness Book of World Records of painting an 18 by 6 feet canvas. and the 'International Artist of the Year 2021 Award' (IAA) from Camelback Gallery in the US.

Fictional characters

  • Mahmoud Bishara, fictional character in the book Refugee

See also

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