Mesut
A Turkish name meaning "happy, fortunate". It stays rare in Poland: only about 140 men carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Mesut Pronunciation
Mesut is pronounced ME-soot (/ˈmɛsut/).
What Mesut means
Where Mesut comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mesut comes into Polish name books through Turkish, where it marks a man as happy and fortunate. The Turkish word traces back to the Arabic masʿūd, from a root that speaks of good luck and favor. The meaning "szczęśliwy, błogosławiony" sits close to the origin here, not something attached long after.
The best known bearer is Mesut Özil, the German footballer of Turkish descent who won the 2014 World Cup. His name put the spelling in front of millions.
In Poland the name stays rare. A teacher reading a class register might pause at it once, then read on. It holds no day in the Polish name-day calendar. The short meaning travels well across borders: happy, fortunate, blessed. Mesut means a life counted as lucky.
How many people are named Mesut
1 in 153570 men in Poland is named Mesut. 139 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2788 among male names.
Mesut as a middle name
Mesut is a first name for 139 men in Poland and a middle name for another 11, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2974th, between Meri̇ç (11) and Micah (11).
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#2972 Matthijs11
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#2973 Meri̇ç11
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#2974 Mesut11
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#2975 Micah11
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#2976 Milad11