Type Word Usage Arabic Scripts محْمود(Arabic) Meaning & History Arabic word meaning "praised, commendable" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Given Name DescendantsMahmood, Mahmoud, Mahmud(Arabic) Mahmud(Bengali) Makhmud(Chechen) Mahmud(Indonesian) Makhmud(Kazakh) Mehmûd(Kurdish) Mahmud(Malay) Mahmud(Pashto) Mahmoud, Mahmud(Persian) Mahmut(Turkish) Mahmood, Mehmood, Mehmud(Urdu) Mehmut(Uyghur) Mahmud(Uzbek) Surname DescendantsMahmoud, Mahmud(Arabic) Mahmud(Bengali) Mahmoud, Mahmoudi(Persian) Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 238.