Given name · also Turkish
Mesut
Mesut is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mesut comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish مسعود (mes'ûd), from Arabic مَسْعُود; its root is Arabic س ع د.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mesut through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mesut’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Mesut has a conventional equivalent in the French form MASSOUD.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mesut
- Mesut ÖzilTurkish-German association football playerborn 1988
- Mesut YılmazPrime Minister of Turkey (1947–2020)
- Mesut KurtisTurkish-Macedonian singer and actorborn 1981
- Mesut BakkalTurkish association football player and manager (born 1964)
- Mesut CemilTurkish musician (1902–1963)
- Mesut AkustaTurkish actor (born 1964)
- Mesut ÜnalTurkish association football player (born 1973)
- Mesut MertCanadian soccer playerborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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