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 , along with Muhammad.

Given name

Mahmood

• Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist

• Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer

• Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956), Pakistani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022

• Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu-language journalist, poet writer and analyst

• Mahmood Yakubu (born 1962), Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission

• Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author

• Mahmooda Sultana, Bangladeshi American aerospace engineer (NASA)

• Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan (1913–2007), Pakistani social worker

• Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1923–1952), Somalian merchant seaman

• Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy

• Muhammad Mahmood Alam (1935–2013), Pakistani fighter pilot

• Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi (1231–1317), the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order

• Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator

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), Iranian politician, President of Iran (2005–2013)

• Mahmoud Ahmed (born 1941), Ethiopian musician

• Mahmoud Alavi (born 1954), Iranian Shia Cleric

• Mahmoud Alavi (military officer), Iranian military officer

• 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 Charr (born 1984), German professional boxer

• Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008), Palestinian poet

• Mahmoud Dahoud (born 1996), German professional footballer

• Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (born 1940), Iranian writer and actor

• Mahmoud Etemadzadeh (1915–2006), Iranian writer and literary translator

• Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1955), Egyptian politician and diplomat

• Mahmoud Farshchian (1930–2025), Iranian painter and miniaturist

• Mahmoud Farshidi (1951–2025), Iranian politician

• Mahmoud Fayad (1925–2002), Egyptian Olympic weightlifter

• Mahmoud Fustuq (1936–2006), Lebanese businessman

• Mahmoud Guinia (1951–2015), Moroccan singer

• Mahmoud Hamshari (1938–1973), assassinated Palestinian official

• Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948–2018), Iranian Shia Cleric

• Mahmoud Hessabi (1903–1992), Iranian nuclear physicist and politician

• 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 Kahil (1936–2003), Lebanese-born British editorial cartoonist

• Mahmoud Khalil (born 1995), Syrian-born Palestinian Columbia University student detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025: see Detention of Mahmoud Khalil

• 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), Vice President of Egypt from August 2012 to December 2012

• Mahmoud el-Meliguy (1910–1983), Egyptian actor

• Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (1943–2015), Palestinian terrorist

• Mahmoud Mohieldin (born 1965), economist

• Mahmoud Nabavian (born 1965), Iranian Shia cleric

• Mahmoud Namjoo (1918–1989), Iranian weightlifter

• Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar (born 1936/37), Egyptian businessman

• Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi (1926–2001), member of Iran's Pahlavi dynasty

• Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha (1888–1949), Prime Minister of Egypt 1945–1946 and 1946–1948

• Mahmoud Bodo Rasch (born 1943), German architect who specializes in the construction of large convertible umbrellas and lightweight structures

• Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born 1969), American basketball player

• Mahmoud Abdul Razak (born 1971), Syrian footballer

• Mahmoud Saeed (1939–2025), Iraqi-born American novelist

• Mahmoud Salavati (born 1953), Iranian Shia cleric

• Mahmoud Salem (1931–2013), Egyptian journalist and author

• Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1839–1904), Egyptian politician and poet

• Mahmoud el-Sisi (born 1982), Egyptian brigadier general and son of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi

• Mahmoud Taleghani (1911–1979), Iranian Shia cleric

• Mahmoud Zakzouk (1933–2020), Egyptian academic

• Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as "Shawkan" (born 1987), Egyptian photojournalist

Mahmud

• Mahmud I (1696–1754), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1730–1754

• Mahmud II (1785–1839), Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1808–1839

• Ghazan (1271–1304), 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) (died 1402), last Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384–1402).

• Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan) (1464–1508), Khan of Tashkent and of the Moghuls of western Moghulistan

• Mäxmüd of Kazan (died 1466), the Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466

• Arpa Ke'un (died 1336), known as Mu'izz ad-Din Mahmud, an Ilkhan (1335–1336) during the disintegration of the Ilkhanate, Mongol state in Southwest Asia based in Persia

• Jani Beg (died 1357), or Jalal ad-Din Mahmud, Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357

• Mahmud bin Küchük (died 1466), 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 (1221–1260), or Mahmud ibn Mamdud, military leader and the third or fourth Mamluk Sultan of Turkic origin

• Mahmud I (Seljuk sultan) (1088–1094), Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1092 to 1094.

• Mahmud II of Great Seljuk (1104–1131), Sultan of Baghdad in 1118

• Mahmud of Ghazni (971–1030), ruler of Ghazni 997–1030

• Mahmud Begada (1458–1511), the most prominent Sultan of the Gujarat Sultanate.

• Mahmud Shah III of Gujarat (1526–1554), 12th Sultan of Gujarat

• Mahmud Hotak (1697–1725), the Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725

• Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769–1829), 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) (1118–1174), Emir of Aleppo and Damascus

• Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud (died 1244), the Ayyubid emir of Hama first in 1219 (616 AH) and then restored in 1229–1244 (626 AH–642 AH)

• Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud (died 1300), the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Hama from 1284 to 1300

• Mu'izz al-Din Mahmud (died 1241), the Zengid Emir of the Jazira 1208–1241

• Mahmood Shah Bahmani II (1470–1518), or Shihab-Ud-Din Mahmud, the sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate 1482–1518

• Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1229/30–1266), Sultan of Delhi, the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Dynasty 1246–1266

• Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud (died 1075), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo

• Nasr ibn Mahmud (died 1076), the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo in 1075–1076

• Sabiq ibn Mahmud, the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1076 to 1080

• Nasir ad-Din Mahmud (1216–1234), Emir of Mosul from 1219 to 1234

• Alp Arslan ibn Mahmud (died 1146), ruler of Mosul 1127–1146

• Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq (died 1413), the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty

• Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd (died 1222), ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty

• Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud (died 1212), Sultan of the Ghurid Empire 1206–1212

• Mahmud Shah of Bengal (died 1459), the First Sultan of Bengal

• Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (died 1538), the last Sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, from 1533 to 1538 CE

• Mahmud ibn Muhammad (1757–1824), the seventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1814 to 1824

• Muhammad II ibn Mahmud (1128–1159), Sultan of Seljuq Empire from 1153 to 1159

• Mahmud Khalji (1436–1469), the Sultan of Malwa, in what is now the state of Madhya Pradesh, India

• Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish) (died 1229), the eldest son of the Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish

• Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III) (1587–1603), Ottoman prince

• Mahmud Khan of Bengal, 17th-century Bengali nobleman

• Sultan Mahmud Mirza (1453–1495), Timurid Dynasty prince

• Sayyed Mahmud Khan (died 1573), general in the Akbar's army

• Mirza Shah Mahmud (1446–?), Timurid ruler of Herat 1446

• Mahmud Mirza Qajar (1799–?), Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty

• Mirza Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known Shah Jahan IV (1749–1790), the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788

• Mahmud Shah of Jaunpur (1429–1457), the 4th ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate, reigned from 1440 to 1457

• Jalal al-Din Mahmud (died 1352), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1350

• Sultan Mahmud ibn Nizam al-Din Yahya (1464–1543), the last Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1495 until 1537

• Osman Mohamoud (king), known as Uthman III ibn Mahmud, Somali king who led the Majeerteen Sultanate during the 19th century.

• Mohamoud Ali Shire (died 1960), Somali Sultan of the Warsengali Sultanate

• Mahmud Gawan (1411–1481), prime minister of the Bahmani Sultanate of Deccan

• Mahmud Bey, the fourth and final bey of the Chobanids

• Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi (died 1330), 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)

• Chaophraya Chakri (Mud) (1727–1774), or Mahmud, the Prime Minister of Siam

• Muhammad Shah of Brunei (died 1402), known as Mahmud Shah, first sultan of Brunei, possibly from 1363 to 1402

• Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Malacca) (died 1528), Sultan of Malacca 1488–1528

• Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767–1852), Sultan of Palembang

• Abu al-Mafakhir of Banten (died 1651), born Abu al-Mafakhir Mahmud Abdulkadir, the first king in Java to use the title Sultan

• Mahmud of Terengganu (1930–1998), Sultan Terengganu

• Mahmud Shah I of Pahang (died 1530), the fifth Sultan of Pahang from 1519 to 1530

• Melewar of Negeri Sembilan (died 1795), the first Yamtuan Besar

• Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1420–1474), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1456–1466 and 1472–1474). He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the )

• Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha (1864–1931), Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background

• Mahmud Pasha (governor) (died 1567), Ottoman statesman from Bosnia

• Mahmud Shams, known as Ma He (1371–1433/35), Chinese admiral and world explorer

• Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856–1913), Ottoman generalissimo and statesman, who was an important political figure during the Second Constitutional Era

• Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005–1102), lexicographer and Uyghur scholar

• Abu-Mahmud Khujandi (940–1000), Transoxanian astronomer and mathematician

• Mahmud Karimov (1948–2013), Azerbaijani physicist

• Makhmud Muradov (born 1990), professional mixed martial artist

• Makhmud Sabyrkhan (born 2001), Kazakh boxer

• Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono (born 1945), Indonesian general

• La Nyalla Mattalitti (born 10 May 1959), full name La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, Indonesian politician

• Karaeng Pattingalloang (1600–1654), or Sultan Mahmud, known as the Father of Makassar

• Mahmud Pasha (1853–1903), Ottoman statesman, poet and writer

• Mahmud Taymur (1894–1973), Egyptian fiction writer

• Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 13th-century Iraqi-Arab painter and calligrapher

• Sultan Mahmud Khan (died 1859), commander of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of Sarkar e Khalsa

• Shah Mahmud Khan (1890–1959), Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1946 to 1953

• Mahmud Jamal (born 1967), Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021

• Mahmud Al-Nashaf (1906–1979), Israeli Arab politician

• Mahmud Khalid, Ghanaian politician

• Mahmud Mahmud (1882–1965), Iranian politician

• Mahmud Tarzi (1865–1933), Afghan journalist

• Mahmud Arif (1909–2001), Saudi Arabian poet

• Mahmud Ali Durrani (born 1941), Pakistani two-star rank general officer

• Mahmud Eyvazov (1808–1960), Azerbaijani long-lived collective farmer

• Mahmud Kamani (born 1964), British billionaire businessman

• Aziz Mahmud Hudayi (1541–1628), one of the most famous Sufi Muslim saints of the Ottoman Empire

• Mahmud al-Muntasir (1903–1970), first Prime minister of Libya

• Mahmud Barzanji (1878–1956), King of Kurdistan

• Mahmud Ali (statesman) (1919–2006), progressive leftist Pakistani politician

• Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818–1883), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1871–1872 and 1875–1876)

• Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859), Ottoman Kurdish philosopher and polymath from Bayazid

• Mahmud Bayumi (1890–1938), Egyptian orthopaedic surgery professor at Kasr El Aini Medical School

• Makhmud Esambayev (1924–2000), Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor

• Mahmudkhodja Behbudiy (1875–1919), Jadid activist, writer, journalist and leading public figure in Imperial Russia and Soviet Turkestan

• Mahmud Deobandi (died 1886), Indian Muslim scholar

• Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (1851–1920), Indian Muslim scholar and activist

• Mahmud Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996), Indian mufti and Islamic scholar

• Mufti Mahmud (1919–1980), Pakistani statesman and Islamic scholar

• Md. Mahmud Hassan Talukder (born 1966), Bangladeshi politician

• Mahmud Sheet Khattab (1919–1998), Iraqi polymath and Major General

Mahmudi/Mahmudin

• Elias Mahmoudi (born 1998), French Muay Thai fighter

• Nur Mahmudi Ismail (born 1961), Mayor of Depok City, Indonesia

Mahmut

• Mahmut Celal Bayar (1883–1986), third President of Turkey

• Mahmut Dikerdem (1916–1993), Turkish diplomat, writer and peace activist

• Mahmut Cuhruk (1925–2018), Turkish judge

• Mahmut Esat Bozkurt (1892–1943), Turkish politician

• Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929–2022), Turkish Sufi Sheikh and leader of the İsmailağa jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah centred in Çarşamba, Istanbul

• Mahmut Orhan (born 1993), Turkish disc jockey and record producer

• Mahmut Bakalli (1936–2006), Kosovo Albanian politician

• Mahmut Atalay (1934–2004), Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach

• Mahmut L. Unlu (born 1967), Turkish business executive and entrepreneur

• Mahmut Özgener (born 1963), Turkish Football Federation president

• Mahmut Bezgin (born 1986), Turkish footballer

• Mahmut Boz (born 1991), Turkish footballer

• Mahmut Hoşgiz (born 1975), Turkish footballer

• Mahmut Tekdemir (born 1988), Turkish footballer

• Mahmut Özdemir (born 1987), German politician of Turkish descent

• Mahmut Yilmaz (born 1979), German footballer of Turkish descent

• Mahmut Bozteke (born 1997), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner

• Mahmut Küçükşahin (born 2004), Turkish footballer

• Mahmut Demir (born 1970), Turkish sport wrestler

• Mahmut Şenol (born 1958), Turkish author

• Mahmut Sönmez (born 1990), Turkish-Dutch footballer

• Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982), Turkish navy officer and ultramarathon runner

• Mahmut Yıldırım (born 1953), Kurdish contract killer

Mehmood

• Mehmood (actor) (1932–2004), Indian actor, singer, director and producer

• Mehmood Aslam (born 1951), Pakistani television and stage actor

• Mehmood Bhatti (born 1958), Pakistani fashion designer

• Mehmood Quaraishy (born 1942), Kenyan cricketer

• Mehmood Sham (born 1940), Pakistani journalist

Mehmud

• Maulana Mehmud Hasan (1851–1920), Indian independence activist

• Mehmud Abdukerem (born 1993), Chinese footballer

Surname

Mahmood

• Khalid Mahmood (British politician) (born 1961), British politician

• Shabana Mahmood (born 1980), British politician

• Jemilah Mahmood (born 1959), doctor and humanitarian activist

• Mazher Mahmood (born 1963), British reporter

• Saba Mahmood (1961–2018), American anthropologist

• Sajid Mahmood (born 1981), English cricketer

• Abdullah al Mahmood (1900–1975), Bengali politician, lawyer and minister in Pakistan

• Iqbal Hassan Mahmood, Bangladeshi politician and minister

• Ayaz Mahmood (born 1964), Pakistani field hockey player

• Kashif Mahmood (cricketer, born 1985) (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer

• Shahid Mahmood (1939–2020), Pakistani cricketer

• Zia Mahmood (born 1946), Pakistani bridge player

• Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood (born 1940), Pakistani nuclear engineer

• Syed Mahmood (1850–1903), Indian jurist

• Tahir Mahmood (born 1941), Indian jurist

• Talat Mahmood (1924–1998), Indian singer and actor

• Banaz Mahmod (1985–2006), Iraqi Kurdish honour killing victim

Mahmoud

• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002), Iranian novelist

• Alessandro Mahmoud, known as Mahmood (singer) (born 1992), Italian singer and songwriter

• Aram Mahmoud (born 1997), badminton player

• Emtithal Mahmoud (born 1992/93), Sudanese poet and activist

• Joseph Mahmoud (born 1955), French athlete

• Karem Mahmoud (1922–1995), Egyptian singer

• Mayam Mahmoud, Egyptian rapper and women's rights activist

• Shaaban Mahmoud (born 1981), Egyptian footballer

• Younis Mahmoud (born 1983), Iraqi footballer

• Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1938–2024), President of Somaliland from 2010 to 2017

Mehmood

• Arshad Mehmood (composer), Pakistani actor and music composer

• Kashif Mehmood (born 1971), Pakistani actor

• Hasnat Mehmood (born 1978), Pakistani artist

• Arshad Mehmood (singer), Pakistani singer

• Faakhir Mehmood (born 1973), Pakistani singer

• Arif Mehmood (born 1983), Pakistani footballer

Mehmud

• Salim Mehmud, Pakistani rocket scientist

Mahmud

• Arslanbek Makhmudov (born 1989), Russian professional boxer

• Abid Hamid Mahmud (1957–2012), Iraqi general

• Nureddin Mahmud (1899–1981), Prime Minister of Iraq (1952–1953)

• Amir Machmud (1923–1995), Indonesian military general

• Machmud Singgirei Rumagesan (1885–1964), Papuan King of Sekar and Indonesian independence activist

• Abdul Taib Mahmud (1936–2024), Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak (1981–2014)

• Al Mahmud (1936–2019), Bangladeshi poet, novelist, and short-story writer

• Mahmud Mahmud (1882–1965), Iranian academic and politician

• Hayat Mahmud, Bengali feudal lord and military commander

• Abdul Gafoor Mahmud (born 1934), former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force

• Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760), medieval Bengali poet

• Firoz Mahmud (born 1974), Bangladeshi artist

• Khaled Mahmud (born 1971), Bangladeshi cricketer

• A. T. Mahmud (1930–2010), Indonesian songwriter

• Syamsuddin Mahmud (1935–2021), Indonesian economist and politician

• Sultan Mahmud (minister) (1900–1982), politician from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar)

• Hasan Mahmud (cricketer) (born 1999), Bangladeshi cricketer

• Dean Mahomed (1759–1851), British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World

Mahfud

• Mahfud MD (born 1957), Indonesian politician and lawyer

Mahfouz

• Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz (born 1969), Saudi Arabian businessman

• Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature

Compound names with the element Mahmud

• Mahmudul Amin Choudhury (1937–2019), 11th Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Mahmudullah

• Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini (died 1894), Indian Sufi poet

• Mahmudullah Riyad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer

• Mahmudul Haque (disambiguation), multiple people

• Mahmudul Hasan (disambiguation), multiple people

Mahmudul Islam

• Mahmudul Islam (1936–2016), 10th Attorney General of Bangladesh

• Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury (born 1950), 1st Mayor of Chittagong

• Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury (1938–2012), Bangladeshi politician

• Mahmudunnabi Chowdhury (1908–1995), Bangladeshi politician, businessman and former minister

• Mahmudur Rahman (disambiguation), multiple people

• Mehmood-ur-Rasheed (born 1954), Pakistani politician

• Sikder Mahmudur Razi, Bangladeshi High Court justice

Fictional characters

• Mahmoud Bishara, fictional character in the book Refugee

See also

• Mahmoud (horse) (foaled 1933), French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire