Mahmud

Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.

==Given name== ===Mahmood=== Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956), Pakistani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst Mahmood Yakubu (born 1962), Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author Mahmooda Sultana, Aerospace engineer (NASA) Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan (1913–2007), Pakistani social worker Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1923–1952), Somalian merchant seaman Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy Muhammad Mahmood Alam (1935–2013), Pakistani fighter pilot Mahmood Anjir Faghnawi (1231–1317), the 13th sheikh in the chain of the masters of the Naqshbandi Order Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946), Indian-born Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator