Mehmet

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

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.

From Wikipedia

Mehmet first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 63 babies (rank #437 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mehmet

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mehmet yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

829

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Mehmet

Mehmet Ali Ağcanationalist · b. 1958
Mehmet Schollassociation football player · b. 1970
Mehmet Topalassociation football player · b. 1986
Mehmet Âkif Ersoypolitician · b. 1873
Mehmet Shehuhead of government · b. 1913

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	33	#531
1997	42	#466
1998	36	#534
1999	41	#496
2000	34	#560
2001	37	#529
2002	38	#556
2003	35	#637
2004	63	#437
2005	45	#599
2006	42	#661
2007	39	#723
2008	39	#752
2009	29	#939
2010	40	#753
2011	38	#807
2012	33	#917
2013	38	#814
2014	49	#680
2015	41	#787
2016	37	#865