'''Mahbūb''' (also spelled '''Mahboob''', or '''Mehboob''', etc., from Arabic: {{lang|ar|مَحبُوب}}, passed to other languages such as {{langx|ur|محبوب}} is a masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
==Given name== ===Mahboob=== *Mahboob Alam (politician) (born 1968), Pakistani politician *Maulana Mahboob Alam (1863–1933), founder of the daily Pakistani newspaper ''Paisa Akhbar'' *Mahaboob Ben Ali (1927–2009), Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian American businessman *Mahboob Ali Baig Sahib Bahadur, Indian politician *Mahboob Qirvanian (1894–??), Ottoman slave *Mahboob Rahman Ruhel (born 1970), Bangladeshi politician *Mahboob Shah (born 1938), Pakistani cricketer and Test cricket umpire *Mahboob Meena Shah (1934–2020), Indian Sufi saint *Mahboob Zahedi (1929–2006), Indian politician who represented the Katwa in West Bengal from 1996 to 2006
===Mahbub=== *Mahbub Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician *Mahbub Uddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi veteran *Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI (1866–1911), the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad Deccan *Mahbub Ali Khan (1934–1984), Bangladeshi Chief of Naval Staff *Mahbub Anam (1931–2001), Bangladeshi journalist and writer *Mahbub Kabir Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician *Mahbubus Samad Chowdhury, Bangladeshi army general *Mahbub Jamil, Bangladeshi businessman *Mahbubul Karim (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer *Mahbubul A Khalid, Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, and music composer *Mahbub Uddin Khokon (born 1956), Bangladeshi politician *Mahbubur Raschid, Bangladeshi banker *Mahbubur Rob Sadi (1942–2016), Bangladeshi politician *Mahbub Hassan Saleh, Bangladeshi diplomat *Mahbub Talukdar (1942–2022), Bangladeshi poet, writer, and civil servant *Mahbub Jamal Zahedi (1929–2008), establishing newspaper editor of ''Khaleej Times'' *Mahbub Uz Zaman, Bangladeshi diplomat
===Mehboob=== *Mehboob (singer) (1926–1981), Indian playback singer of Malayalam films *Mehboob Ali, multiple people *Mehboob Bawa (born 1968), South African actor *Mehboob Ullah Jan, Pakistani politician and social worker *Mehboob Khan (1907–1964), Indian film director and producer *Mehboob Khan (chef) (born 1969), Pakistani chef *Mehboob Kotwal (born 1961), Indian songwriter *Mehboob Khan Mirajkar (1868–1965), Indian tabla player *Mehboob Nausheer (born 1934), Indian cricketer *Mehboob Rahi, Indian poet *Mehboob Shah, Pakistani politician *Mehboob Sher, Pakistani politician
==Surname== ===Mahboob=== *Ahmar Mahboob, teacher at the University of Sydney Department of Linguistics *Ali Hasan Mahboob (born 1981), Bahraini long-distance runner *Kazi Golam Mahboob (1927–2006), activist of the Language Movement that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan *Shahid Mahboob (born 1962), Pakistani cricketer
===Mehboob=== *Farhan Mehboob (born 1988), Pakistani squash player *Waqar Mehboob (born 1991), Pakistani squash player
==See also== '''Places''' *Mahboob Mansion, palace, named after Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, the VIth Nizam, who lived here occasionally *Mahbubnagar, a city in Andhra Pradesh, India *Mahbubnagar district, a district in Andhra Pradesh, India *Mahabubabad, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India '''Arts and entertainment''' * ''Mehboob Ki Mehndi'', Hindi film * ''Mere Mehboob'', Indian film '''Name''' *Mahbubul Alam, multiple people *Mahbubul Haq, multiple people *Mahbubur Rahman, multiple people Habib, and the female equivalent Habiba
{{given name|type=both}} Category:Arabic-language masculine given names Category:Indian masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:Pakistani masculine given names