Mehmed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEH-med
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
Mehmed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies).
What does Mehmed mean?
Arabic: Ottoman Turkish form of Muhammad
“praiseworthy”
The Ottoman Turkish form of Muhammad, borne by Sultan Mehmed II, who conquered Constantinople in 1453.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mehmed a girl's or a boy's name?
Mehmed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mehmed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 124% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Mehmed, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Mehmed of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Mehmed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Mehmed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
Names like Mehmed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayd, Mustafa, Ahmed, Zayaan, Amir, Umar, Mahmoud, Musab, Khalid, Zayan
Names related to Mehmed
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mehmed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mehmed, updated 20 October 2026.