Mahmoud

Expression 3 The Creative · predominantly a boy’s name

Origin & meaning

Arabic · From Arabic محمود (maḥmūd) meaning praised

Praised, praiseworthy — Common Muslim name, variant of Muhammad

The numbers in the letters

3Expression

Expressive, creative, and joyful. Number 3 represents communication, self-expression, and optimism. You have a natural gift for inspiring and entertaining others.

3 + 0 → 3

1Soul Urge

What the vowels want: to go first. Not applause — authorship. The quiet dread underneath is being ordinary, and it has moved you more than ambition ever has.

1 + 0 → 1

2Personality

What the consonants project: safe harbor. Strangers lower their voices around you and tell you true things early. The cost is being read as agreeable when you are actually just patient.

2 + 0 → 2

Mahmoud in the real world

2,739 Americans have been named Mahmoud since 1968. It peaked in 2018 with 91 newborns and 64 carried it in 2025 (#4,761).

US births per decade, 18802025 · SSA public data

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Related names

Same number energy — Expression 3

Peaked in the same era — the 2010s