# Mehmet

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,496

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Turkish, variant of Muhammad.

## Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad, Mahomet, and Baphomet.

## Easily confused with
- **meme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mehmet-vs-meme)
- **meet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meet-vs-mehmet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emhmet`, `mehemt`, `mehhmet`, `mehmett`, `mehmmet`, `mehmte`, `memhet`, `mhemet`, `mmehmet`

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