Mumtaz

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mumtaaz in NL Netherlands, SA Saudi Arabia, DE Germany and 1 more, Momtaz in BD Bangladesh, IT Italy, SY Syria, Mumtaj in MY Malaysia, ID Indonesia, NZ New Zealand and Mamtaz in AU Australia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mumtaz is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name48K records spelled Mumtaz3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Mümtaz, Mumtāz

• English given name36K records spelled Mumtaz7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Mümtaz, Mümtàz, Mumtāz

• Indonesian given name5.4K records spelled Mumtaz5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Mumtaz', Mümtaz, Múmțāž

• Turkish given name2.5K records spelled Mumtaz16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Syria, Pakistan

  Languages: Turkish, Russian, Arabic

  Also written Mümtaz, Мумтаз, Momtaz

• Swahili given name1.1K records spelled Mumtaz3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Mümtaz

• Sinhala given name957 records spelled Mumtaz2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Mümtaz

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Mumtaz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• distinguished; exquisite;

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• Excelente

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Arabic, distinguished, superior, outstanding. See Mumtaz Mahal (f.)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, distinguished, exalted, superior, outstanding

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, distinguished, superior, outstanding

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 101 years between 1896–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mumtaz Bhuttob. 1933PKPakistani politician
• Mumtaz Ahmadb. 1940PKpolitical science researcher and writer from Pakistan; resided and worked in the United States
• Momtaz Begumb. 1946BDnot in their usual nameBengali politician (1946-2020)
• Momtaz Al Ketb. 1956EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian journalist
• Mumtaz Md Nawib. 1972MYMalaysian politician
• Mumtaz Shaikhb. 1981INwomen's rights activist
• Mumtaz Alia Akbarib. 1988BDBangladeshi Model, Actress
• Mumtaz M. KaziINIndian train engine driver

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 321 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mumtaz?

We estimate roughly 1.5 thousand people bear Mumtaz (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Mumtaz have the most bearers?

Mumtaz is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled mumtaz.

How common is Mumtaz compared with other names?

In India, Mumtaz is the 715th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Mumtaz a male or female name?

Mumtaz is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Mumtaz mean?

Recorded meaning: distinguished; excellent; chosen