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Mahmudمحمود Pronunciation Arabic:
[maħˈmuːd] Urdu:
[mɛɦˈmuːd̪] Gender Male Language(s) Arabic Meaning Praiseworthy
Cognate (s)
Muhammad
Anglicisation (s) Ahmad, Mahmood, Mahmad, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Makhmud, Mehmood,
Mehmed , Mehmud, Mahmoed, Malamud, Mahmmoud, Mamo, Mak (Mac/Mc), Ma/Mu/Mo Derived
H-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
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
Shah Mahmood Qureshi , Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022.
Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst.
Mahmood Yakubu , Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Ugandan academic, author and political commentator
Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author.
Mahmood (singer) (born 1992), Italian singer-songwriter and participant in
Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 .
Mahmood Khan, Australian singer song writer, Billboard Number 1 charting Artist.
Mahmooda Sultana , Aerospace engineer (NASA)
Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan , Pakistani social worker.
Mahmood Jaffer, member of the Indian hockey team that won an Olympic gold medal in 1936.
Mahmood Hussein Mattan , Somalian former merchant seaman
Zafar Mahmood Abbasi , retired four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy
Mahmoud
Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), President of the State of Palestine
Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944), Syrian politician
Mahmoud Afshartous (1907–1953), Iranian military officer
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956), former President of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmed (born 1941), Ethiopian musician
Mahmoud Alavi , Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar , Egyptian businessman
Mahmoud El-Araby (1932–2021), Egyptian businessman and philanthropist.
Mahmoud Baharmast (1899–1977), Iranian army general
Mahmoud Balbaa (born 1952), Egyptian businessman and politician
Mahmoud Chahoud (born 1976), Lebanese footballer
Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008), Palestinian poet
Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar , Egyptian businessman
Mahmoud Dahoud , German professional footballer
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (born 1940), Iranian writer and actor
Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat
Mahmoud Fayad (1925–2002), Gold medal winner at the Summer Olympics of 1948 in London.
Mahmoud Fustuq (died 2006), Lebanese businessman
Mahmoud Guinia (1951–2015), Moroccan singer
Mahmoud Hamshari (1938–1973), assassinated Palestinian official
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948–2018), Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Hussein (born 1966), Egyptian journalist
Mahmoud Hweimel (died 2013), Jordanian politician
Mahmoud Ismail (1914–1983), Egyptian actor, filmmaker
Mahmoud Jaballah , Egyptian-Canadian Jihad member
Mahmoud El Khatib (born 1954), Egyptian footballer and President of Al Ahly
Mahmoud Khayami (1930–2020), Iranian industrialist and philanthropist of French nationality.
Mahmoud Labadi (1940–2014), Palestinian journalist, writer and politician
Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi (born 1941), Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Mekki (born 1954), the vice president of Egypt from August 2012 to December 2012
Mahmoud el-Meliguy (1910–1983), Egyptian actor
Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad , Palestinian terrorist
Mahmoud Mohieldin (born 1965), economist
Mahmoud Nabavian , Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Namjoo (1918–1989), Iranian weightlifter
Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha (1888–1949), Prime Minister of Egypt 1945–1946 and 1946–1948
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf , American basketball player
Mahmoud Abdul Razak , Syrian footballer
Mahmoud Salem (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author.
Mahmoud Salavati (born 1953), Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud el-Sisi (born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
Mahmoud Taleghani (1911–1979), Iranian Shia Cleric
Mahmoud Vahidnia (born 1989), gold medal winner at the Iranian Mathematical Olympiad in 2007
Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1839–1904), Egyptian politician and poet
Mahmoud Zakzouk (1933–2020), Egyptian academic
Mahmoud Abu Zeid , also known as Shawkan, (born c. 1987), Egyptian photojournalist
Mahmud
Mehmed II , Caesar of Rome, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1444-1446
Mahmud I , Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754
Mahmud II , Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839
Ghazan born Mahmud Ghazan, (Khan, Ilkhan, Sultan) the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304
Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai) , was last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).
Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan) , Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan
Arpa Ke'un known as Mu'izz ad-Din Mahmud
Jani Beg or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357
Mahmud bin Küchük , a Khan who founded the Khanate of Astrakhan in the 1460s
Maghan III , known as Mahmud I, mansa of the Mali Empire from 1390 to about 1400.
Mahmud II (mansa) , mansa of the Mali Empire of 1481-1496.
Qutuz or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin.
Mahmud II of Great Seljuk , Sultan of Baghdad in 1118
Mahmud of Ghazni , ruler of Ghazni 997–1030
Mahmud Begada , the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.
Mahmud Hotak , the Shah of Persia from 1722-1725.
Mahmud Shah Durrani , ruler of Afghanistan 1801–1803 & 1809–1818
Shahanshah ibn Mahmud , the Kurdish Shaddadid emir of Ani from 1164 to 1174.
Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī known as
Nur ad-Din (died 1174) , Emir of Aleppo and Damascus
Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud , the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208–1241.
Mahmood Shah Bahmani II or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud , the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1482-1518.
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah , Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246-1266.
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq , the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty
Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud , Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206-1212
Mahmud Shah of Bengal , the First Sultan of Bengal
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah , the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533-1538 CE.
Mahmud ibn Muhammad , the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814-1824.
Mahmud Khalji , the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Mahmud Khan of Bengal , 17th-century Bengali nobleman.
Mirza Shah Mahmud , Timurid ruler of Herat 1446.
Jalal al-Din Mahmud , the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350.
Osman Mohamoud (king) known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, was a Somali king, He led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.
Mahmud Gawan , prime minister in the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan 1411 – 1481.
Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi , Persian physician from Shiraz.
Mahmud Yalavach , administrator in the Mongol Empire who ruled over Turkestan as governor and eventually went on to be mayor of Taidu (now Beijing).
Matthew the Apostle , the New Testament as one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
Chaophraya Chakri (Mud) or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam.
Muhammad Shah of Brunei known as Mahmud Shah, the Sultanate of Brunei and was its first sultan, possibly from 1363 to 1402.
Sultan Mahmud Syah , Hero of the Revolution of Independence.
Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca) , Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528
Mahmud Badaruddin II , Sultan of Palembang.
Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title " Sultan".
Mahmud of Terengganu , Sultan Terengganu.
Mahmud Manoppo (Antogia) Korompot, the 14th king of Kaidipang 1908-1910.
Mahmud Pasha Angelović , the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and from 1472 to 1474. He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the "Eden-like").
Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha , Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background.
Mahmud Pasha (governor) , was an Ottoman statesman from Bosnia
Mahmud Shams, known as
Ma He , Chinese admiral and world explorer
Mahmud Shevket Pasha , was an Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era.
Mahmud al-Kashgari , lexicographer Uyghur scholar.
Abu-Mahmud Khujandi , Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician.
Amat-Mamu , a Naditu priestess and temple scribe in Sippar, in ancient Babylonia.
Muhammad Yunus , Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader.
Mahmud Karimov , Azerbaijani physicist
Makhmud Muradov , professional mixed martial artist
Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono , Indonesian general
Muhammad Mahmood Alam , Pakistani fighter pilot
La Nyalla Mattalitti , full name is La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959) is an Indonesian politician.
Laksamana Mahmud Syah, the father of Hero of the Revolution of Independence (keumalahayati).
Mahmud Pasha (1853-1903) , Ottoman statesman, poet and writer.
Sultan Mahmud Khan , a commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa.
Shah Mahmud Khan , the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953.
Mahmud Jamal , Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021.
Mahmud Al-Nashaf , Israeli Arab politician
Mahmud Khalid , Ghanaian politician
Mahmud Mahmud , Iranian politician
Mahmud Tarzi , Afghan journalist
Mahmud Arif , Saudi Arabian poet
Mahmud Ali Durrani , retired Pakistani two-star rank general officer.
Mahmud Eyvazov , Azerbaijani long-lived 150 years collective farmer.
Rafiga Mahmud qizi Shabanova, awarded the Gold Medal of Olympic 1976 Montreal for women's Handball first place.
Mahmud Kamani , British billionaire businessman.
Mahmud Deobandi
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
Mahmud Hasan Gangohi
Mufti 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.
Bey Machmudin, Governor of West Java
Mahmut
Mahmut Celal Bayar , third President of Turkey.
Mahmut Dikerdem (1916–1993), Turkish diplomat, writer and peace activist.
Mahmut Cuhruk , Turkish judge.
Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu , Turkish Sufi Sheikh and the leader of the influential İsmailağa jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah centred in Çarşamba, Istanbul.
Mahmut Orhan , Turkish disc jockey and record producer.
Mahmut Atalay , Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach of Circassian origin, won a gold medal in 1968 Olympics.
Mahmut Özgener , Turkish Football Federation president.
Mahmut Bezgin , Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Boz , Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Hoşgiz , Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Tekdemir , Turkish footballer.
Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent.
Mahmut Yilmaz , German footballer of Turkish descent.
Mahmut Bozteke (born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner.
Mahmut Demir , Turkish sport wrestler.
Mahmut Şenol , Turkish author.
Mahmut Yavuz , Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner.
Mahmut Yıldırım , Kurdish contract killer.
Mehmood
Mehmud
Surname
Mahmood
Khalid Mahmood (British politician) , He is the longest serving Asian MP in the current Parliament.
Shabana Mahmood , British politician.
Jemilah Mahmood , Doctor and humanitarian activist.
Mazher Mahmood , British reporter
Saba Mahmood , American anthropologist
Sajid Mahmood , English cricketer
Abdullah al Mahmood , Bengali politician, lawyer and former minister in Pakistan
Iqbal Hasan Mahmud , Bangladeshi politician and minister.
Ayaz Mahmood , hockey player won a gold medal in 1984 summer olympics, Los Angeles.
Amra Sultana Mendoza Mahmood, Guinness World Records Title for the “Largest Origami Heart” at year 2022.
Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985) , Pakistani cricketer
Shahid Mahmood , Pakistani cricketer
Zia Mahmood , Pakistani bridge player.
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood , Pakistani nuclear engineer
Syed Mahmood , Indian jurist
Tahir Mahmood , Indian jurist
Talat Mahmood , Indian singer and actor
Banaz Mahmod , Honour killing victim.
Mahmoud
Ahmad Mahmoud , Iranian novelist
Alessandro Mahmoud, known as
Mahmood (singer) , Italian singer and songwriter
Aram Mahmoud , badminton player
Emtithal Mahmoud , Sudanese poet and activist
Joseph Mahmoud , French athlete
Karem Mahmoud , Egyptian singer
Mayam Mahmoud , rapper and women activist in Egypt
Shaaban Mahmoud , Egyptian footballer
Younis Mahmoud , Iraqi footballer
Mehmood
Mehmud
Mahmud
Arslanbek Makhmudov , Russia professional boxer
Abid Hamid Mahmud , Iraqi general
Amir Machmud , Indonesian military general
Machmud Singgirei Rumagesan , Papuan King of Sekar, and Indonesian independence activist
Abdul Taib Mahmud , Chief Minister of Sarawak for 33 years from 1981-2014
Al Mahmud , was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer
Mahmud Mahmud , Iranian academic and politician
Hayat Mahmud , Bengali feudal lord and military commander
Abdul Gafoor Mahmud , former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force
Heyat Mahmud , medieval Bengali poet
Firoz Mahmud , Bangladeshi artist
Khaled Mahmud , Bangladeshi cricketer
A. T. Mahmud , Indonesian songwriter
Sultan Mahmud (minister) , politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar)
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