Mumtaz

Mumtaz () means "excellent" in the Arabic language. It may be used to signal commendation for an achievement, similar in meaning to and .

Derived from it is a personal 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.

People with the given name

• Mumtaz Mahal (1593–1631), Indian empress

• Mumtaz (Indian actress) (born 1947), Indian film actress
• Mumtaz (Pakistani actress) (born 1948), Pakistani film actress
• Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi (1933–1969), 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 (1940–2020), Pakistani politician
• Mumtaz Habib (born 1987), Afghan cricketer
• Momtaz Al Ket, Egyptian writer
• Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995), Pakistani novelist
• Mumtaz Mustafa (died 2024), Pakistani politician
• 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 (1926–1994), 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 (born 1945), Pakistani women's rights activist
• Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), Indian actor
• Salman Mumtaz (1884–1941), Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet

See also

• Momtazuddin Ahmed, derived name
• Shabash