Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the

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Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of

, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic ''Muhammad'' were completed with an ''e'' in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemed and the name lost the central ''e'' over time

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of ''d'' to ''t'' is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, ''Muhammed''. 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 ''Mehmetçik'' (, "little" here denoting diminutive endearment rather than actual age) is a term generally used to affectionately refer to soldiers of the Turkish Army. It is similar to the colloquialisms ''Tommy Atkins'', ''Doughboy'', and '' D ...

, meaning ''little Mehmet'', for unranked soldiers.

Given name

Mehmed

Mehmed I Mehmed I ( 1386 – 26 May 1421), also known as Mehmed Çelebi ( ota, چلبی محمد, "the noble-born") or Kirişçi ( el, Κυριτζής, Kyritzis, "lord's son"), was the Ottoman sultan from 1413 to 1421. The fourth son of Sultan Bayezid ...

(1382–1421), Ottoman sultan * Mehmed II (1432–1481), Ottoman sultan (''Fatih'', "the Conqueror") *

Mehmed III Mehmed III (, ''Meḥmed-i sālis''; tr, III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the L ...

(1566–1603), Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed IV Mehmed IV ( ota, محمد رابع, Meḥmed-i rābi; tr, IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693) also known as Mehmed the Hunter ( tr, Avcı Mehmed) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the a ...

(1642–1693), Ottoman sultan (''Avcı'', "the Hunter") *

Mehmed V Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother ...

(1844–1918), Ottoman sultan * Mehmed VI (1861–1926), 36th and last Ottoman sultan *

Mehmed I Giray Mehmed I Giray (1465–1523, reigned 1515–1523) was khan of the Crimean Khanate. He was preceded by his father Meñli I Giray (r. 1478–1515) and followed by his son Ğazı I Giray (1523–1524). He gained control of the steppe nomads, put his ...

(1465–1523), a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 1515–1523 *

Mehmed Abdulaziz Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(1901–1977), Ottoman prince *

Mehmed Alagić Mehmed Alagić (8 July 1947 – 7 March 2003) was a Bosnian general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was on trial for war crimes in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague but died befo ...

(1947–2003), Bosnian soldier *

Mehmed Alajbegović Mehmed Alajbegović (7 May 1906 – 7 June 1947) was a Bosnian Muslim politician, lawyer and a government minister of the Independent State of Croatia, an Axis puppet state. He was executed for war crimes by Yugoslav authorities following t ...

(1906–1947), Croatian politician * Mehmed Ali Pasha (disambiguation) *

Mehmed Alispahić Mehmed Alispahić (born 24 November 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Alispahić began his career with Iskra Bugojno in the First League of FBiH. He then joined Croatian 1. HNL club ...

(born 1987), Bosnian footballer *

Mehmed Baždarević Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club Guingamp. Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Sochau ...

(born 1960), Bosnian football manager *

Mehmed Bushati Mehmed Pasha Bushati ( 1768–d. June 1775) was the Ottoman Albanian governor of the Pashalik of Scutari, between 1768 and June 1775. He was succeeded by his son Mustafa Pasha Bushati, and thus founded the hereditary Bushati family of Scutari. ...

, Albanian Pasha *

Mehmed Emin (disambiguation) Mehmet Emin or Mehmed Emin is a Turkish given name for males, made up of the two names Mehmed and Emin. People with the name include: * Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), Kurdish writer * Mehmet Emin Bughra (1901–1965), Uyghur separatist * Meh ...

Mehmed Emin Pasha (disambiguation) Mehmed Emin Pasha may refer to: * Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1813–1871), Ottoman grand vizier (1854, 1859, 1860–61) * Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha (died 1753), Ottoman grand vizier (1750–52) * Yağlıkçızade Mehmed Emin Pasha (1724–1 ...

Mehmed Ertuğrul Efendi Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(1912–1944), Ottoman prince *

Mehmed Handžić Mehmed Handžić (16 December 1906 – 29 July 1944) was a Bosnian Islamic scholar, theologian and politician. Handžić was the leader of the Islamic revivalist movement in Bosnia and the founder of the religious association ''El-Hidaje'' ...

(1906–1944), Bosnian author * Mehmed Janjoš (born 1957), Bosnian football manager *

Mehmed Kalakula Mehmed Rasim Kalakula was an Albanian politician that served the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othō ...

, Albanian politician *

Mehmed Kodro Mehmed "Meho" Kodro (born 12 January 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He spent most of his 16-year senior career in Spain, mostly with Real Sociedad (four seasons) and Tenerife (three), ...

(born 1967), Bosnian footballer and football manager *

Mehmed Malkoč Mehmed Malkoč (born 10 December 1990) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Austrian Bundesliga with Altach in December 2008; he came on as a late second-half substitute and scored in the 90th minute of ...

(born 1990), Bosnian footballer *

Mehmed Merejan Mehmed Merejan is a Bulgarian Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of s ...

, Bulgarian poet * Mehmed Orhan (1909–1994), Ottoman prince * Mehmed Pasha (disambiguation) *

Mehmed Namık Pasha Mehmed Emin Namık Pasha (1804 – 1892) was a prominent Ottoman statesman and military reformer, who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the modern Ottoman Army. He served under five Sultans and acted as counsellor to at least fou ...

(1804–1892), Ottoman statesman *

Mehmed Reshid Mehmed Reshid ( tr, Mehmet Reşit Şahingiray; 8 February 1873 – 6 February 1919) was an Ottoman physician, official of the Committee of Union and Progress, and governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet (province) of the Ottoman Empire during World ...

(1873–1919), Ottoman governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet * Mehmed Sadık Pasha (1825–1901), Ottoman statesman *

Mehmed Said Efendi Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha (died October 1761), earlier in his life known as Mehmed Said Efendi (sometimes spelled Sahid Mehemet Effendi in France), was an Ottoman statesman and diplomat. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from ...

(died 1761), Ottoman statesman * Mehmed Selim Pasha (1771–1831), Ottoman statesman *

Mehmed Spaho Mehmed Spaho (13 March 1883 – 29 June 1939) was a Bosnian politician and leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization. He was the first Bosnian Muslim politician in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Spaho was described as the "undispu ...

(1883–1939), Bosnian politician *

Mehmed Talat Mehmed Talaat (1 September 187415 March 1921), commonly known as Talaat Pasha or Talat Pasha,; tr, Talat Paşa, links=no was an Ottoman politician and convicted war criminal of the late Ottoman Empire who served as its leader from 1913 t ...

, Ottoman Grand Vizier * Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007), Kurdish writer * Kavalalı Mehmed Ali Pasha (1769–1849), Ottoman Albanian viceroy of Egypt * Kadızade Mehmed (1582–1635), Islamic preacher in the Ottoman Empire. *

Mehmet Ali Ağca Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving ...

, Turkish gunman

Mehmet

* Mehmet Akgün (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer *

Mehmet Al Mehmet Al (born 11 July 1983) is a Turkish striker who plays for Sökespor. He studied at Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 195 ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Altan Mehmet Hasan Altan (born 11 January 1953) is a Turkish academic economist, journalist, and author of over 25 books. Describing himself as a "Marxist-liberal", he is the originator of the term "Second Republic", arguing that Turkey needs to reco ...

(born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist, and writer *

Mehmet Altınsoy Mehmet Altınsoy (1924 in Aksaray – 17 February 2007 in Ankara) was a Turkish politician, co-founder of the Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi), Mayor of Ankara and minister of state. Biography Mehmet Altınsoy became a lawyer after gr ...

(1924–2007), Turkish politician * Mehmet Arif (disambiguation) *

Mehmet Aslantuğ Mehmet Aslantuğ (; born 25 September 1961) is a Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter of Adyghe people, Circassian origin. He has received a International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Golden Boll Award, a Golden Objective Awar ...

(born 1961), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Aydın Mehmet Aydın is a Turkish politician who was one of Turkey's Ministers of State.Mehmet Aziz (malariologist), Cypriot malariologist *

Mehmet Aurélio Mehmet Aurélio (born Marco Aurélio Brito dos Prazeres, 15 December 1977) is a Brazilian-born Turkish football coach and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. He was most recently an assistant coach of Fenerbahçe. Club career T ...

(born 1977), Brazilian-born Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Batdal Mehmet Batdal (born 24 February 1986) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career On 18 May 2010, Galatasaray signed Batdal on a three-year deal. International career In November 2016 Batdal received his first cal ...

(born 1986), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Baydar (1924–1973), Turkish assassinated diplomat * Mehmet Boztepe (born 1988), Turkish-German footballer * Mehmet Bölükbaşı (born 1978), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Budak (born 1980), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Cavit Bey Mehmet Cavit Bey, Mehmed Cavid Bey or Mehmed Djavid Bey ( ota, محمد جاوید بك; 1875 – 26 August 1926) was an Ottoman economist, newspaper editor and leading politician during the dissolution period of the Ottoman Empire. A founding me ...

(1875–1926), Turkish economist *

Mehmet Cesur Mehmet Cesur (born March 24, 1982, in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B2 and Paralympian. Sporting career A member of Çankaya Belediyesi Görme Engelliler Sport Club, Mehmet Cesur played in Turkey's national tea ...

(born 1982), Turkish Paralympian goalball player * Mehmet Çetingöz (born 1991), Turkish wheelchair basketball player * Mehmet Eren Boyraz (born 1981), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Emin (disambiguation) * Mehmet Emin Toprak (1974–2002), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Esat Bülkat Esat Pasha Janina (18 October 1862 – 2 November 1952; ota, أسعد باشا یانیه), known as Mehmed Esad Bülkat () after the 1934 Surname Law, was an Ottoman general during the First Balkan War, where he led the Yanya Corps, and in Wo ...

(1862–1952), Ottoman general * Mehmet Çakır (born 1984), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Cansun (born 1947), Turkish businessman * Mehmet Çekiç (born 1970), Turkish-French Paralympic alpine skier *

Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi , image = Djemaleddin_Effendi.jpg , caption = Shaykh ul-Islam Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II , denomination = Sunni , jurisprudence = Hanafi , birth_date = 1848 ...

(1848–1917), Turkish judge *

Mehmet Çoban Mehmet Çoban (1905–1969), aka Koç Çoban Mehmet, was a Turkish Olympian wrestler in the heavyweight division of Greco-Roman style. He was born 1905 in Balıkesir, Ottoman Empire. A shepherd, he was discovered by the local military comman ...

(1905–1969), Turkish wrestler * Mehmet Çoğum (born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Coral Mehmet Gündüz Coral (born 11 September 1947) is a Turkish novelist, known for his novels with historical settings. His works, such as ''Extinct Times of Byzantium'' (author house/USA 2000) and ''The Lost Diaries of Constantinople'' (DK Publishing ...

(born 1947), Turkish novelist *

Mehmet Culum Mehmet Culum (born 1948) is a contemporary Turkish novelist who was born in Çeşme, a town in western Turkey. He studied political sciences at the University of Ankara. Before starting an antique shop in his hometown, Culum worked as an IT c ...

(born 1948), Turkish novelist * Mehmet Dinçer (born 1924), Turkish former footballer *

Mehmet Dragusha Mehmet Ashim Dragusha (born 9 October 1977) is an Albanian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Pristina, Dragusha began his career with local side FC Prishtina. In 1997, he moved ...

(born 1977), Albanian footballer *

Mehmet Durakovic Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muh ...

(born 1965), Australian footballer * Mehmet Ebussuud el-İmadi, Ottoman jurist * Mehmet Ekici (born 1990), German footballer *

Mehmet Ergen Mehmet Ergen is a Turkish theatre director, producer and entrepreneur, currently based in London Borough of Hackney. Biography After completing a nine-month acting course in Turkey, Mehmet decided to become a director. He put an ad in ''The Sta ...

, Turkish theatre director * Mehmet Eroğlu (born 1948), Turkish novelist * Mehmet Eymür (born 1965), Turkish intelligence official *

Mehmet Ferda Mem Ferda (born 30 October 1963 in London) is a British actor and film producer of Turkish Cypriot descent. Biography Ferda was born in Chelsea, London in 1963 to Turkish Cypriot parents. At the age of six, his mother took him to Cyprus, where ...

(born 1963), British actor *

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966), also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republ ...

(1890–1966), Turkish politician * Mehmet Güney (born 1936), Turkish judge * Mehmet Günsür (born 1975), Turkish actor * Mehmet Güreli (born 1949), Turkish writer * Mehmet Gürs (born 1969), Turkish chef *

Mehmet Güven Mehmet Güven (born 30 July 1987) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for an amateur side Kavaklıderespor. Career Güven is a product of the Galatasaray Youth Team. He joined the senior squad in 2005–06 and made his debut on ...

(born 1987), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Hacıoğlu (born 1959), Turkish former football coach *

Mehmet Haberal Mehmet Haberal (born 1944), is the founder of Başkent University in Ankara, Turkey, best known for becoming the first transplant surgeon in Turkey after leading the team that performed Turkey's first living-related kidney transplant in 1975, a ...

(born 1944), Turkish surgeon * Mehmet Hakkı Suçin, Turkish author *

Mehmet Hetemaj Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is of Kosovar Albanian descent and has represented both Finland national team and Kosovo national football team, but now ...

(born 1987), Finnish footballer * Mehmet Vehib Kaçı, Ottoman general *

Mehmet Kaplan Mehmet Güner Kaplan (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish politician of Turkish origin who served as Minister for Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2016. He is a member of the Swedish Green Party. Kaplan resigned from the Cabinet after co ...

(born 1971), Swedish politician * Mehmet Kara (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Sarper Kiskaç (born 1990), Turkish footballer * Mehmet Konica, Albanian politician *

Mehmet Kurtuluş Mehmet Kurtuluş (born 27 April 1972) is a Turkish-German actor. He is best known for his work with German director Fatih Akin. Life and career Kurtuluş was born in Uşak, Turkey, and moved at the age of 18 months to Germany, where he grew up ...

(born 1972), German actor * Mehmet Kutay Şenyıl (born 1987), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Leblebi Mehmet Leblebi (1908 – 25 February 1972) was a Turkish professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray SK. He also represented Turkey on 16 occasions, and played for them at the 1924 Summer Oly ...

(1908–1972), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Mehdi Eker Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 until 2015. He was elected a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır for Democratic People's Part ...

, Turkish politician * Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (born 1955), Turkish physician, politician, and Minister of Health *

Mehmet Murat Somer Mehmet Murat Somer (born 1959) is a Turkish author of crime fiction best known for his Hop-Çiki-Yaya series set in Istanbul and featuring an unnamed transvestite amateur detective. Biography Somer was born in Ankara but moved to Istanbul in 19 ...

(born 1959), Turkish author *

Mehmet Nas Mehmet Nas (born 20 November 1979) is a Turkish professional footballer. who plays as a midfielder for Sivas Belediyespor. Club career Nas began his professional career in 1998. He spent six years with Samsunspor before he moved on to capital c ...

(born 1979), Turkish footballer *

Mehmet Niyazi Mehmet Niyazi Cemali ( crh, script=latn, Memet Niyaziy; January or February 1878 – November 20, 1931) was an Ottoman-born Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet, journalist, schoolteacher, academic, and activist for ethnic Tatar causes. Present fo ...

(1878–1931), Romanian and Crimean Tatar poet *Mehmet Okonsar (born 1961), Turkish-Belgian pianist *Mehmet Okur (born 1979), Turkish basketball player *Mehmet Oktav (1917–1996), Turkish wrestler *Mehmet Osman, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Mehmet Oz (born 1960), Turkish-American physician and television presenter *Mehmet Özal (born 1978), Turkish wrestler *Mehmet Özdilek (born 1966), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Özhaseki (born 1957), Turkish politician *Mehmet Ozyurek (born 1949), Turkish world record holder *Mehmet Polat (born 1978), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Sabancı (1963–2004), Turkish businessman *Mehmet Sak (born 1990), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Scholl (born 1970), Turkish-German footballer *Mehmet Sedef (born 1987), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Şimşek (born 1967), Turkish politician *Mehmet Şenol Şişli, Turkish musician *Mehmet Shehu (1913–1981), Albanian politician *Mehmet Tahsini (1864–?), Albanian politician *Mehmet Tanrısever (born 1953), Turkish film producer *Mehmet Tarhan (born 1978), Turkish activist *Mehmet Terzi (born 1955), Turkish long-distance runner *Mehmet Tillem (1974–2019), Australian politician *Mehmet Toner (born 1958), Turkish biomedical engineer *Mehmet Topal (born 1986), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Topuz (born 1983), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Türkmehmet (born 1980), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Nadir Ünal (born 1993), Turkish kickboxer and amateur boxer *Mehmet Vasıf Yakut, Turkish Para Taekwondo practitioner *Mehmet Yağmur (born 1987), Turkish basketball player *Mehmet Yıldız (born 1981), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Yılmaz (disambiguation) ** Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer born 1988), Turkish footballer ** Mehmet Yılmaz (footballer born 1979), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Yozgatlı (born 1979), Turkish footballer *Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (born 1957), Turkish politician *Mehmet Duraković (born 1965), Bosnian-Australian football manager

Derived names

*Mehmet Akif *Mehmet Ali *Mehmet Emin *Mehmethan (Mehmet + Han) *Mehmetcan (Mehmet + Can (name) , Can)

Surname

*Alp Mehmet (born 1948), British diplomat *Billy Mehmet (born 1984), English-Irish footballer of Turkish descent *Dave Mehmet (born 1960), English former footballer *Naz Mehmet, a fictional character from ''EastEnders: E20'' *Madina Memet, Chinese actress of Uyghur descent {{surname, Mehmet

Given name

Mehmed

Mehmet

Derived names

Surname

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