MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mumtaz mean?
Mumtaz is an Arabic participle for being distinguished or set apart by excellence. The word entered Persian and Urdu as both a personal name and a term of praise.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुमताज़
Conventional spelling
Arabic
ممتاز
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mumtaz in Indian usage
5,408 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (91.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,945 records (91.4%).
- Recorded as male: 463 records (8.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 419 |
| 1960s | 1,017 |
| 1970s | 1,909 |
| 1980s | 1,524 |
| 1990s | 402 |
| Other decades | 137 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,679 |
| Delhi | 1,607 |
| Goa | 405 |
| Kerala | 294 |
| Manipur | 137 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 106 |
| Other states | 180 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Mumtaz ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: ممتاز ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.