Globally, Mahmud (محمود 
, Mahmud 
, Махмуд 
) is a prevalent primarily male, but very infrequently female first name. The first name Mahmud is habitual in Egypt, where it is a prevalent boy's name, Syria, where it is a widespread male name, and Libya (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. Much less frequently, Mahmud is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| محمود | Iran, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq |
| Mahmud | Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Iraq, Bangladesh |
| Махмуд | Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan |
| מחמוד | Israel |
Mahamed, Mahamud, Mahmod, Mahmood, Mahmoodi, Mahmoud, Mahmut, Mahmuđ, Mahmùd, Mahmúd, Mahmûd, Maḥmūd, Mehmedi, Mehmet, Mehmood, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammadi, Mohammed, Mohamoud, Mohamud, Mohmed, Muhamad, Muhamed, Muhammad, Muhammed, Muhumed, Màhmud, Màhmùd, Màhmúd, Màhmûđ, Máhmud, Máhmùd, Máhmúd, Máhmûd, Mâhmud, Mâhmúd, Mâhmûd, Mâhmûď, Mâhmûđ, Mâhműđ, Mâħmūd, Mãhmud, Mãhmùd, Mãhmúd, Mãhmûd, Mãhmûđ, Māhmūd, Mąhműď,
Mahmud is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mahmud , the character from novel Shepherd king or the liberation of Serbia : a historical tale, Shepherd king or the liberation of Serbia : a historical short story/written by K.B.; Mahmud al-Khaled , the literary character and Mahmud , the operatic character in the opera Oberon, König der Elfen.
| mahmud ibn khaddaix at-taliqaní (b. 776) |
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| abd al-rashid ben mahmud (b. 1024) |
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| nasir ud din mahmud IN (b. 1228) |
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| mahmud ibn abd al-rahman al-isfahani Persian faqih, IR (b. 1276) |
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| mahmud şəbüstəri Iranian poet, IR (b. 1287) |
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mahmud paşa Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, XK (b. 1420) |
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| mahmud bin küchük Khan of Astrakhan (b. 1400) |
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| mahmud syah dari malaka 8Th Sultan of Malacca, ID (b. 1400) |
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| mahmud xah i khalji (b. 1436) |
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| mahmud iv Mansa of Mali (b. 1450) |
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| mahmud iii sultan of the kingdom of Mali,, ML (b. 1450) |
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| mahmud begada Sultan of Gujarat, IN (b. 1458) |
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| mahmud al-timbukti West Afrian Islamic scholar, ML (b. 1463) |
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| mahmud sulton AF (b. 1454) |
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| mahmud khan Khan of Tashkent, TJ (b. 1464) |
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