Mumtaz

Mumtaz (Arabic: ممتاز) is a name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. Mumtazah is a related female version. Its root is from Arabic language, meaning "excellent".

People with the given name

• Mumtaz (Indian actress) (born 1947), Indian film actress
• Mumtaz (Pakistani actress) (born 1948), Pakistani film actress
• Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi, birth name of Madhubala (1933–1969), Indian film actress
• Momtaz Begum (born 1974), Bangladeshi folk singer
• Mumtaz Begum (actress) (born 1923), Indian film actress
• Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (born 1940), Pakistani politician
• Mumtaz Habib (born 1987), Afghan cricketer
• Momtaz Al Ket, Egyptian writer
• Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631), Indian empress
• Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995), Pakistani novelist
• Mumtaz Hamid Rao (1941–2011), Pakistani television journalist and broadcaster
• Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1954), Iranian diplomat
• Mümtaz Sevinç (1952–2006), Turkish actor
• Mumtaz Sorcar (born 1986), Indian actress
• Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019), Turkish politician
• Mumtaz Shanti, Indian actress
• Mümtaz Tahincioğlu (born 1952), Turkish racing driver

People with the surname

• Anjana Mumtaz (born 1941), Indian actress
• Ismail Mumtaz (1880–1933), Iranian statesman
• Jamshid Momtaz (born 1942), Iranian academic
• Khawar Mumtaz, Pakistani women's rights activist
• Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), Indian actor
• Salman Mumtaz (1884–1941), Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet