Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the

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. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root

Ḥ-M-D ( ar, ح-م-د, he, ח-מ-ד) is the triconsonantal root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise" in Arabic and "to desire" in Hebrew.'' A Concise Hebrew a ...

, meaning ''praise'', along with '' Muhammad''.

Siam Mahmud

* Mahmood (singer) (born 1992), full name Alessandro Mahmoud, Italian singer of Italian and Egyptian origin * Mahmoud (horse) (foaled 1933),

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* Mehmood (actor), Indian actor, singer, director and producer

Given name

Mahmood

Mahmood Ali Syed Mahmood Ali (1928 – 11 July 2008; Urdu:سید محمود علی) was a Pakistani radio, film, television and stage artist. Early life and career Mahmood Ali was born in Hyderabad Deccan in 1928. Mahmood Ali began his career with th ...

(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 Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author * Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst * Mahmood (singer) (born 1992), Italian singer-songwriter and participant in Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Mahmoud

Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...

, President of the State of Palestine * Mahmoud al-Abrash (born 1944), Syrian politician * Mahmoud Afshartous (1907–1953), Iranian military officer *

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

, former President of Iran * Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian musician * Mahmoud Baharmast, Iranian army general * Mahmoud Balbaa, Egyptian businessman and politician * Mahmoud Chahoud (born 1976), Lebanese footballer * Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet *

Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat. He held several cabinet and high-ranking diplomacy posts. He was related to the Muhammad Ali dynasty, royal family of Egypt who married first the daughter of Sultan Husse ...

(1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat * Mahmoud Guinia, Moroccan singer * Mahmoud Hussein, Egyptian journalist *

Mahmoud Hweimel Mahmoud Hweimel (died 20 August 2013) was a Jordanian politician. He served as Member of the House of Representatives three times, and from 1996 to 1997 served as Minister of State in the government of Abdul Karim al-Kabariti. Career Hweimel was b ...

(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 and 1946–1948 * Mahmoud Salem (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author * Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, Egyptian businessman *

Mahmoud Abdul Razak Mahmoud Abdul Razak ( ar, محمود عبد الرزاق) (born 27 November 1971) is a former Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية ا� ...

, Syrian footballer * Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player * Mahmoud el-Sisi (born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi *

Mahmoud Zakzouk Mahmoud Zakzouk ( ar, محمود حمدي زقزوق‎; 27 December 1933 – 1 April 2020) was an Egyptian politician and academic. He served as minister of religious endowment of Egypt from 1995 to 2011. Early life and education Zakzouk was ...

(1933–2020), Egyptian academic *

Mahmoud Abu Zeid Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan (born c. 1987), an Egyptian photojournalist, was arrested for taking photos of the Rabaa massacre in Cairo, Egypt and imprisoned during the post-coup unrest by the Egyptian government since 2013, where ...

, also known as Shawkan, (born c. 1987), Egyptian photojournalist *

Mahmoud Taleghani Sayyid Mahmoud Alaee Taleghani ( fa, محمود طالقانی, , also Romanized as Seyed Mahmūd Tāleqānī; 5 March 1911 – 9 September 1979) was an Iranian theologian, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi'a Islamic Scholar ...

, Iranian Shia Cleric *

Mahmoud Alavi Al-Zobb Mahmoud Alavi ( fa, محمود علوی; born 4 May 1954) is an Iranian conservative politician, and formerly minister of intelligence in Hassan Rouhani's government. Early life Alavi was born in Lamerd, Fars province, in 1954. He ho ...

, Iranian Shia Cleric * Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Iranian Shia Cleric * Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi, Iranian Shia Cleric *, Iranian Shia Cleric * Mahmoud Nabavian, Iranian Shia Cleric *

Mahmoud Salavati Mahmoud Salavati ( fa, محمود صلواتی; born 21 March 1953 in Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan Province) is a jurist, author, commentator and translator of the Quran and Nahj, religious scholar and member of the Assembly of Qom Seminary Schola ...

, Iranian Shia Cleric

Mahmud

Mahmud al-Kashgari Mahmud ibn Husayn ibn Muhammed al-Kashgari, ''Maḥmūd ibnu 'l-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Kāšġarī'', , tr, Kaşgarlı Mahmûd, ug, مەھمۇد قەشقىرى, ''Mehmud Qeshqiri'' / Мәһмуд Қәшқири uz, Mahmud Qashg'ariy / М ...

, Uyghur scholar *

Mahmud Al-Nashaf Mahmud Al-Nashaf (, he, מחמוד א-נאשף; 1906 – 10 November 1979) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agriculture and Development between 1959 and 1961. Biography Born in Tayibe during the Ottoman Em ...

, Israeli Arab politician * Mahmud Hotaki, Afghan ruler *

Mahmud I Mahmud I ( ota, محمود اول, tr, I. Mahmud, 2 August 1696 13 December 1754), known as Mahmud the Hunchback, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754. He took over the throne after the Patrona Halil rebellion and he kept goo ...

, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754 * Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839 *

Mahmud II of Great Seljuk Mahmud II ( 1105 – 1131) was the Seljuk sultan of Baghdad from 1118–1131 following the death of his father Muhammad I Tapar. At the time Mahmud was fourteen, and ruled over Iraq and Persia. Biography During Mahmud's early reign, his vassa ...

, Sultan of Baghdad in 1118 *

Mahmud Khalid Mahmud Khalid is a Ghanaian politician and a former Minister of State. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana) of Ghana. He served briefly as the Minister for the Upper West Region in the Mills government. While he was in ...

, Ghanaian politician * Mahmud Mahmud, Iranian politician *

Mahmud of Ghazni Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ( fa, ; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi ( fa, ), was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 998 to 1030. At th ...

, ruler of Ghazni 997–1030 *

Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca) Sultan Mahmud Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah (died 1528) ruled the Sultanate of Malacca from 1488 to 1511, and again as pretender to the throne from 1513 to 1528. He was son to Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah. As a monarch, he was kno ...

, Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528 * Mahmud Shah Durrani, ruler of Afghanistan 1801–1803 & 1809–1818 * Mahmud Tarzi, Afghan journalist *

Mahmud Arif Mahmud Abd al-Khayr Al Arif ( ar, محمود عارف, translit= Maḥmūd ʿĀrif; 1909 – 1 March 2001), commonly known as Mahmud Arif, was a Saudi Arabian poet. He was born in Old Jedda, Hejaz. After studying in Kuttab for three years, he ...

, Saudi Arabian poet *

Mahmud Deobandi Mahmud Deobandi (also known as Mulla Mahmud) (died 1886) was a Muslim scholar who became the first teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband. His most notable student is Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. Biography Mahmud was a fellow of Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, the ...

* Mahmud Hasan Deobandi *

Mahmud Hasan Gangohi Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996) was an Indian Mufti and Islamic scholar and former Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur. He was the most senior disciple of Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi. Among his notable disc ...

* Mufti Mahmud

Mahmut

* Mahmut Bezgin, Turkish footballer * Mahmut Boz, Turkish footballer * Mahmut Bozteke (born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner *

Mahmut Celal Bayar Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Siam Mahmud *Mahmood (singer) (born 199 ...

, third President of Turkey *

Mahmut Cuhruk Mahmut Cuhruk (1925 – 8 October 2018) was a Turkish judge. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 2 March 1988 until 1 March 1990. Cuhruk was born in Yozgat in 1925. He died in Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically know ...

, Turkish judge *

Mahmut Demir Mahmut Demir (21 January 1970 in Amasya, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic, World and European champion sports in the super heavyweight class. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling. Wrestling career He was bo ...

, Turkish sport wrestler *

Mahmut Hoşgiz Mahmut Hoşgiz (born 16 September 1975) is a Turkish footballer. Career Born in Hafik, Sivas, Hoşgiz played professional football for Sivasspor in the TFF First League, where he was club captain. He also previously played for Petrolofisi, Eyü ...

, Turkish footballer *

Mahmut Özdemir Mahmut Özdemir (born 23 June 1987 in Duisburg, Germany) is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013, representing the Duisburg II district. In addition to his parli ...

(born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent *

Mahmut Özgener Mahmut Özgener (born 1963 İzmir) has been the 38th president of the Turkish Football Federation. He succeeded Hasan Doğan, who died of a heart attack in Bodrum. He served from 19 August 2008 until 29 June 2011. Biography Özgener was born in � ...

, Turkish Football Federation president *

Mahmut Şenol Mahmut Şenol (born November 23, 1958) is a contemporary Turkish and Canadian author and journalist. He has published 10 books as of April 2016. The author currently lives in Edmonton, Canada. * Phaselis Adağı (2004) - novel/historical fiction * ...

, Turkish author *

Mahmut Tekdemir Mahmut Tekdemir (born 20 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for İstanbul Başakşehir Club career Tekdemir holds İstanbul Başakşehir's all-time appearances record with 483 overal ...

, Turkish footballer * Mahmut Yavuz, Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner *

Mahmut Yıldırım Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1951, Yenidal, Solhan, Bingöl Province), better known as Yeşil ( Turkish for "Green"), is a Turkish rogue agent of Zaza origins. He is wanted for the murders of eight people in Turkey. Among the murders he is accused o ...

, 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 Mehmood Bhatti is a Pakistani-French fashion designer. Biography Mehmood was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and graduated from Government College University. Bhatti immigrated to France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), ...

, Pakistani fashion designer *

Mehmood Quaraishy Mehmood Quraishy (born 4 February 1942), was a Kenyan cricketer who played three One day Internationals in the 1975 World Cup for East Africa. He also appeared in one first-class cricket match in the 1975 season, having earlier played a match ...

, Kenyan cricketer *

Mehmood Sham Mahmood Shaam ( ur, ) born Tariq Mahmood ( ur, ) on 5 February 1940, is a Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet, writer and news analyst. After serving Pakistan's largest newspaper Jang Group for more than 16 years continuously as Group ...

, Pakistani journalist

Mehmud

* Maulana Mehmud Hasan, Indian independence activist *

Mehmud Khurd The Sultanate of Hazara or Hazara Sultanate also natively known as Hazara i Karlugh was an early modern empire based in South Asia between the 15th and 18th centuries. The sultanate encompassed the modern Hazara region, bordering Kashmir Subah ...

, Pakistani ruler

Surname

Mahmood

Abdullah al Mahmood Abdullah Al Mahmood ( bn, আব্দুল্লাহ আল মাহমুদ; 1900–1975) was a Bengali politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Industries and Natural Resources of Pakistan. Early life and education Abdullah al ...

, Bengali politician, lawyer and former minister in Pakistan * Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, Bangladeshi politician and minister *

Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985) Kashif Mahmood (born 21 December 1985) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 2003 to 2016. Mahmood was a wicket-keeper who played most of his first-class cricket for Lahore teams. His outstanding season was 2010� ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Saba Mahmood Saba Mahmood (1961–2018) was professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, she was also affiliated with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Institute for South Asia Studies, and the Program in Critical The ...

, American anthropologist *

Sajid Mahmood Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (Urdu: ساجد اقبال محمود, ''Sājid Iqbāl Maḥmūd''; born 21 December 1981) is a former English cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played international cri ...

, English cricketer * Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, Pakistani nuclear engineer * Shabana Mahmood, British politician *

Shahid Mahmood Shahid Mahmood (Urdu: شاہد محمود) (17 March 1939 – 13 December 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962. He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1957 to 1969. He played his only Test on the tour to ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Syed Mahmood Justice Syed Mahmood (also spelled Sayyid Mahmud; 24 May 1850 – 8 May 1903) was Puisne Judge of the High Court, North-Western Provinces of British India from 1887 to 1893, after having served in the High Court in a temporary capacity as offi ...

, Indian jurist *

Tahir Mahmood Tahir Mahmood is an Indian legal scholar and author of a large number of books frequently cited in the judgments of the Supreme Court of India and numerous High Courts. He had his higher legal education in Aligarh and London and has over fifty ...

, Indian jurist * Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor * Zia Mahmood, Pakistani bridge player

Mahmoud

Ahmad Mahmoud Ahmad E'ta ( fa, احمد اعطا), better known by his pen name Ahmad Mahmoud ( fa, احمد محمود); (December 25, 1931 – October 4, 2002) was a prominent Iranian novelist from Ahvaz city in the southwest of Iran. One of his works, ''T ...

, Iranian novelist * Alessandro Mahmoud, better known as Mahmood, Italian singer *

Emtithal Mahmoud Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud ( ar, إمتثال "إيمي" محمود; born 1992 or 1993 in Darfur, Sudan) is a Sudanese-American poet and activist, who won the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam championship. In 2018, she became UNHCR Goodwill Ambassa ...

, Sudanese poet and activist *

Karem Mahmoud Karem Mahmoud ( ar, كارم محمود) (March 16, 1922 – January 15, 1995), also known as "''the Melodious Knight''", was a popular Egyptian singer and actor. He was also popular in the Arab world. Karem was born on March 16, 1922 in the ...

, Egyptian singer * Shaaban Mahmoud, Egyptian footballer * Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer

Mahmud

Abid Hamid Mahmud Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti ( ; ar, عبد الحميد محمود التكريتي) (21 September 1957 – 7 June 2012) was an Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's personal secretary. Biography Mahmud began his ...

, Iraqi general *

A. T. Mahmud Abdullah Totong Mahmud (generally abbreviated A. T. Mahmud; 3 February 1930 – 6 July 2010) was a renowned Indonesian composer of children's songs. Born in Palembang, South Sumatra, he taught as a teacher in Riau and Jakarta prior to beginning w ...

, Indonesian songwriter *

Firoz Mahmud Firoz Mahmud ( bn, ফিরোজ মাহমুদ) is a Bangladeshi visual artist based in Japan. He was the first Bangladeshi fellow artist in research at Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Mahmud's work has been exhibited at t ...

, Bangladeshi Contemporary Artist *

Hayat Mahmud Hayat Mahmud ( bn, হায়াত মাহমুদ) was a late 18th-century Bengali Muslim commander who later became the feudal lord of Buzurg-Umedpur in Barisal. He is best known as a freedom fighter against the British East India Company, ...

, Bengali feudal lord and military commander *

Heyat Mahmud Qadi Heyat Mahmud ( bn, হেয়াত মামুদ; 1693–1760) was a medieval Bengali poet, mystic and judge. Although his works, like other Middle Bengali poetry, are religion-centric, they are marked by social consciousness and toleran ...

, medieval Bengali poet *

Khaled Mahmud Khaled Mahmud Sujon (born 26 July 1971) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and a former Test and One Day International captain. A medium-pace bowler and middle-order batsman, he played international cricket for Bangladesh from 1998 to 2006, capta ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer * Mahmud Mahmud, Iranian academic and politician

Mehmood

Arif Mehmood Arif Mehmood (born June 21, 1983) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a striker. He has been the top-scorer in the Pakistan Premier League five times, leading the charts in 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10 and 2010–11 ...

, Pakistani footballer *

Arshad Mehmood (composer) Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer, and a singer. Early life and career He had started composing music for Pakistan Television Corporation back in 1972. EMI Pakistan period He later was the driving force behind EMI Pakistan ...

, Pakistani actor and music composer * Arshad Mehmood (singer), Pakistani singer * Faakhir Mehmood, Pakistani singer *

Hasnat Mehmood Hasnat Mehmood ( ur, حسنات محمود) is a Pakistani visual artist who lives and works in Dubai, UAE. He was born on 3 March 1978 in Jhelum. Art career Hasnat Mehmood was trained as a traditional miniature painter at the National Coll ...

, Pakistani artist * Kashif Mehmood, Pakistani actor

Mehmud

Salim Mehmud Dr. Salim Mehmud, also known as Salim Mehmood, is a Pakistani rocket scientist and a nuclear engineer. He is the former chairman of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO). He has served as chief scientist at the Defence Scienc ...

, Pakistani rocket scientist {{given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic masculine given names Turkish masculine given names Bosniak masculine given names