Boy name Turkish origin Muslim tradition

Mehmet

meh-MET · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Praiseworthy (Turkish form of Muhammad)
Language
Turkish
Culture
Turkish
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
religious · royal
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#4500
2024 births23
Peak year2015
First appeared1960
Total US births816
2015 peak19601976199220082024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Mehmi
Alternate spellings
MehmedMemet
In other languages
Mehmet (Turkish)Mehmed (Ottoman)Mahomet (archaic)

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