'''Mahboba''' or '''Mahbuba''' is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

==Given name== ===Mahboba=== * Mahboba Hoqooqmal (1944–2020), Afghan politician during Karzai's presidency * Mahbouba Seraj (born 1948), Afghan journalist and women's right activist

===Mahbuba=== * Mahbuba (1825–1840), an enslaved girl owned by Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau * Mahbuba (singer), 9th-century slave entertainer in the Abbasid Caliphate * Mahbuba Farzana, Bangladeshi secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting * Mahbuba Maqsoodi (born 1957), German-Afghan artist * Mahbuba Nasreen (born 1963), Bangladeshi academic * Mahbuba Rahman (1935–2026), Bangladeshi singer * Mahbuba Islam Rakhi (born 1993), Bangladeshi Australian actress, model, and engineer

==See also== * Mehbooba (disambiguation), alternative spelling * Mahboubeh, Iranian form of the given name * Mahboob, masucline form of the Arabic given name * Mahabubabad, a city in Telangana, India, named after Mahboob Ali Khan, the Nizam of Hyderabad ** Mahabubabad (Assembly constituency) ** Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency) * Mahbubnagar, a city in Telangana, India, also named after the Nizam ** Mahabubnagar district ** Mahbubnagar (Assembly constituency) ** Mahbubnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

{{disambiguation|given name}} Category:Arabic-language feminine given names