# Mahmud

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,790

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Arabic.

## Etymology
Transliteration of Arabic مَحْمُود (maḥmūd, literally “praised, laudable”), the passive participle of the Form I verb حَمِدَ (ḥamida, “to praise”), from the triconsonantal root ح م د (ḥ m d). The name Muhammad comes from the same root, and has a similar meaning.

## Easily confused with
- **Maud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahmud-vs-maud)
- **maimed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahmud-vs-maimed)
- **Mahmoud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahmoud-vs-mahmud)
- **Mahmood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahmood-vs-mahmud)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amhmud`, `mahhmud`, `mahmdu`, `mahmmud`, `mahmudd`, `mahumd`, `mamhud`, `mhamud`, `mmahmud`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mahmud