Mahmoud (Arabic: محمود) is the transliteration of an Arabic given
name that comes from the Arabic triconsonantal
root of Ḥ-M-D ("praise"), meaning "Praiseworthy", (literally means) The praised one, Worthy of reverence, Laudable, commendable – in Persian it is written Mehmoud, in Arabic it is spelt as Mahmud, and the above is in both Urdu (Hindustani) and English. Despite the similarity, this
name is a distinct
name from Muhammad (Mohammed).
One of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's many names is Mahmud.