Given name · also Turkish
Mahmut
“praised”
Mahmut is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mahmut goes back to Arabic مَحْمُود, meaning “praised.”
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Where it comes from
Mahmut comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish محمود (Mahmûd), from Arabic مَحْمُود (“praised”); its root is Arabic ح م د.
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Mahmut’s family of names
In Indonesian usage, Mahmut has a related form in Mahmud. In Turkish usage, Mahmut has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mahmud.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mahmut
- Mahmud II30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839)1785–1839
- Celâl Bayar3rd President of the Republic of Turkey (1883–1986)
- Mahmud I24th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)1696–1754
- Mahmud Shevket Pasha212nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1856–1913)
- Mahmud Pasha AngelovićGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1456–1466, 1472–1474)1420–1474
- Mahmut TekdemirTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Mahmut AtalayTurkish wrestler (1934–2004)
- Mahmut DemirTurkish wrestler (born 1970)
- Mahmut UstaosmanoğluTurkish religious leader (1929–2022)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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