Mehmed

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title: "Mehmed" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bosniak-given-names", "bosniak-masculine-given-names", "bosnian-masculine-given-names", "turkish-language-surnames", "turkish-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/turkey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| | gender | Male | | meaning | Muhammad | | language | Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani | | alternative spelling | Mehmet | | related names | Muhammad, Mohd, Mahmud, Mamadou, Ma, Mu | | derived | Muḥammad, مُحَمَّد, from Ḥammada, "Praise", حَمَّدَ | ::

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| gender = Male | meaning = Muhammad | region = | language = Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani | origin = | alternative spelling = Mehmet | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = Muhammad, Mohd, Mahmud, Mamadou, Ma, Mu | name day = | derived = Muḥammad, مُحَمَّد, from Ḥammada, "Praise", حَمَّدَ | popularity = | footnotes =

Mehmed or Mehmet is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad () (Muhammed and Muhammet are also used, though considerably less) 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. Final devoicing of d to t is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, Muhammet. In Azerbaijani it is Məhəmməd.

The name Mehmet also often appears in derived compound names. The name is also prevalent in former Ottoman territories, particularly among Balkan Muslims in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo. The name is also commonly used in Turkish culture in the form of Mehmetçik, meaning little Mehmet, for unranked soldiers.

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