Mahmoud is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “praise.” In 2024 it was given to 62 boys in the United States.
Mahmoud belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “praise” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mahmoud first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1303 in 1995, and in 2024 62 babies received the name — 2,674 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mahmoud means “praise” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mahmoud is a boy name. In 2024, 62 babies received the name in the US.
Mahmoud comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Mahmoud first appears in US records in 1968. Its best-ever ranking was #1303 in 1995, and 62 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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