Entry № 7033 · Arabic origin

Mumtaz Mumtaz — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ moom-TAHZ /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Distinguished (Taj Mahal's Mumtaz)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "distinguished (taj mahal's mumtaz)".

Mumtaz (ممتاز) is the Arabic-Persian word for "distinguished" or "exalted." Empress Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631) was the favorite wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan — who built the Taj Mahal as her mausoleum, the world's most famous monument to love.

Mumtaz (born 1947) is the Indian actress.

The Taj Mahal's empress.

The name in its native script.

ممتاز
Transliteration
Mumtāz
Pronunciation
/ muːmˈtɑːz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mumtaz stands.

Mumtaz does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mumtazs before her.

Real people
Mumtaz Mahal
Empress; Taj Mahal built in her memory.
1593 – 1631
Mumtaz
Indian actress.
born 1947
In fiction
Mumtaz
Common in Indian historical fiction.

Names connected to Mumtaz.

The number behind Mumtaz.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mumtaz reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.