Mumtaz ( ar, 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 (actress) (born 1947), Indian film actress *

Mumtaz (Pakistani actress) Mumtaz (born 1948) is a Pakistani film actress who worked in Urdu and Punjabi movies during the 1970s and 1980s. She is known for her lead roles in the movies ''Pyaar Ka Mausam'' (1975), '' Mohabbat Zindagi Hai'' (1975), '' Jab Jab Phool Khile' ...

(born 1948), Pakistani film actress *

Momtaz Begum Momtaz Begum (born 5 May 1974) is a Bangladeshi folk singer and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Manikganj-2 constituency since 2014 and Reserved Women's Seat-21 during 2009–2013. Referred to as "''The Music Queen''," she h ...

(born 1974), Bangladeshi folk singer * Mumtaz Begum (actress) (born 1923), Indian film actress *

Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (also spelled ''Gilani'' and ''Geelani'') (20 January 1940 – 17 March 2020) was a Pakistani lawyer who served as federal minister of Human Rights, a new portfolio, the Ministry of Human Rights which was carved out ...

(born 1940), Pakistani politician *

Mumtaz Habib Mumtaz Habib is an Afghan former cricketer who played for Durham MCC University between 2006 and 2008. Habib was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and has spent his early in Quetta, P ...

(born 1987), Afghan cricketer *

Momtaz Al Ket Momtaz Al Ket ( ar, ممتاز القط) is the former editor in chief of the Egyptian newspaper Akhbar El Yom ''Akhbar el-Yom'' ( ar, أخبار اليوم, ) is an Arabic language weekly newspaper published in Egypt Egypt ( ar, مص ...

, 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 Mümtaz Sevinç (9 February 1952 in Elazığ – 24 January 2006 in Istanbul) was a Turkish actor who had taken part in theater acting as well as many roles in TV's and movies. He graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Engineering Physics ...

(1952–2006), Turkish actor *

Mumtaz Sorcar Mumtaz Sorcar (born 15 September 1986) is an Indian actress and model. She is the daughter of the famous magician PC Sorcar Junior and Joysri Sorcar. Mumtaz started her career with a music video for singer Mehreen Mahmud, Mehreen from Banglades ...

(born 1986), Indian actress * Mümtaz Soysal (1929–2019), Turkish politician *

Mumtaz Shanti Mumtaz Shanti (28 May 1926 – 19 October 1994) was a popular actress in Indian and Pakistani Cinema during 1940s and 1950s. She was known as ''The Jubilee Girl'' because of her roles in films '' Basant'' and '' Kismet''. She worked in films in ...

, 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 Jamshid Momtaz (born 18 June 1942 in İzmir) is an Iranian jurist and academic. He earned his degree in public law at the Faculty of Law and Economy from University of Paris (1966). In 1968, he graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de ...

(born 1942), Iranian academic * Khawar Mumtaz, Pakistani women's rights activist * Ruslaan Mumtaz (born 1982), Indian actor *

Salman Mumtaz Salman Mumtaz (pseudonymous of Salman Mammedamin oghlu Asgarov; May 20, 1884 – September 6, 1941) was a renowned Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet. He was born in Shaki in 1884. In his efforts to collect, publish and promote the classical ...

(1884–1941), Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet {{given name, type=both Arabic masculine given names Iranian masculine given names Turkish masculine given names