Mehmed
Mehmed or Mehmet is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic Muhammad were completed with an e in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemmed, Mehemed and the name lost the central e over time.
- Ottoman Turkish
- Bosnian
Meaning & Origin of Mehmed
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mehmed or Mehmet is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic Muhammad were completed with an e in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemmed, Mehemed and the name lost the central e over time.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ottoman Turkish
- Bosnian
The Story of Mehmed
Mehmed first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2001, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 11 births, good for #7,260 nationwide. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 46% of all recorded Mehmeds. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 68 Mehmeds have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Mehmed
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About the name Mehmed
Mehmed is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 68 births in the dataset. Mehmed's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #7,260. Use the chart and map above to compare Mehmed's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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