U'Mut

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

U'Mut is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish امید (umut), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (umut, “hope”). Its relation to Persian امید (omêd, “hope”) is not clear.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 732(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 1.4K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 29K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈110,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
170 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 732 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

U'MutLatin(measured from records)
უმუთGeorgian(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Umut in TR Türkiye, NL Netherlands, CY Cyprus and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of U'Mut: each step is the form the one above it came from.
U'Mut
  1. Ottoman Turkishامیدumut(measured from records)
  2. Old Anatolian Turkish[script(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Turkic*um-(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish امید (umut), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (umut, “hope”). Its relation to Persian امید (omêd, “hope”) is not clear. According to Starostin although it may be a derivative of Proto-Turkic *um- (“to hope for”), (see Turkish um-) it tends to merge with the Persian word (see also ümit). Nişanyan points out that it is akin to Karakhanid [script needed] (umunç, “desire, hope”), [script needed] (umdu, “desire”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (umuɣ, “desire”), which are all derived from Proto-Turkic *um-. Equivalent to um- (“to hope”) + -ut.

Sources 3

Where in the world(measured from records)

U'Mut counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where U'Mut is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#244≈110,000 est.≈1 in 7322.3KUmut157
KG Kyrgyzstan—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Umut6
AZ Azerbaijan—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 6.9K43Umut8
AT Austria—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 6.5K523——
FR France—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 59K1KUmut3
CY Cyprus#148≈910 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Umut24
NL Netherlands—6021 in 29K596Umut45

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — newborn names; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

U'Mut is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, Austria, United States

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Umut, Ümüt, Uemuet, Umüt, Uemut

  • Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Spain, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Umut, Ümüt, Ümut, 'Umut

  • Chinese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States, China

    Also written Umut, Ümüt

  • Kazakh given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Türkiye

    Languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz

    Also written Умут, Umut, Үмүт, Ümüt

  • Arabic given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

    Also written Umut, Ümüt, אומיט

  • Romanian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Umut, Ümüt

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists U'Mut under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name U'Mut mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish امید (umut), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (umut, “hope”). Its relation to Persian امید (omêd, “hope”) is not clear. Recorded by TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
Is U'Mut a male or female name?
U'Mut is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does U'Mut have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 112 thousand people named U'Mut in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled umut.
How common is the name U'Mut?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 602 people named U'Mut, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
How common is U'Mut compared with other names?
In Türkiye, U'Mut is the 244th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “U'Mut” — the 244th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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