The name Mahmoud is an Arabic baby name. In Arabic the meaning of the name Mahmoud is: Variant used for Mohammad - founder of Islamic religion. praiseworthy; glorified.
Mahmud is the primary transliteration of the Arabic given name, Arabic: Ù…Øمود‎‎, MaḥmÅ«d, that comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D "Praise". Despite sharing the same triconsonantal root, this name is distinct from the name Muhammad..
